Deformational Plagiocephaly Follow-up at 3 & 4 Years

Investigators from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, performed a longitudinal cohort study of children with positional deformations of the occipital skull to compare head shape measurements at 3 or 4 years of age with those from infancy, examine factors common to children whose head shapes had not improved, and evaluate the level of parental concern regarding the child’s head shape. All enrolled children were diagnosed with deformational plagiocephaly or brachycephaly in the only dedicated plagiocephaly clinic in the Auckland region and were at least 3.25 years of age during the followup period. Parents …