BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The main objectives of this study were to define the clinical patterns and characteristics of congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) presented in the first year of life and to study the outcome of different treatment methods. METHODS This is a prospective study of all CMT patients seen in 1 center over a 12-year period with uniform recording system, assessment methods, and t...

Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a common cause of torticollis in children. Despite the ease in diagnosis in management, rare cases may be neglected and untreated which may not only impose cosmetic problems for the individual, but also affects the cervical spine with accelerated degeneration. Most patients with CMT can be managed non-surgically with medical and physical therapies, a...

Congenital Muscular Torticollis adalah kelainan postur muskuloskeletal yang muncul saat lahir atau segera setelahnya akibat adanya pemendekan otot dan peningkatan tonus Sternocleidomastoideus unilateral dengan manifestasi posisi kepala ipsilateral rotasi ke sisi kontralateral. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analitik rancangan studi kasus disertai interview pada orang tua/wali anak...

Twenty patients with congenital muscular torticollis who were treated surgically were evaluated with an average follow up period of 10 years. The age at surgery ranged from l to 24 years. The patcients were evaluated by Egashira's method. Cosmesis, neck ROM and appearance of the clavicle were examined and the final evaluation was dene. We also investigated factors influencing the results. Resul...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although the success of conservative management of congenital muscular torticollis has been well documented, relatively little is known about the determinants of response to treatment, such as treatment duration. The purpose of this study was to determine how factors such as severity of restriction of range of motion, age at initiation of treatment, and presence of a palp...