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Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening

We assessed a method for screening the cranial shape of 1-month-old infants using a simple measuring instrument instead of a three-dimensional scanner. The Mimos craniometer was used to measure cranial length, cranial width, and two diagonal lengths to calculate the cranial index (CI) and cranial as...

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Autores principales: Maedomari, Taishin, Miyabayashi, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Yukari, Mukai, Chihiro, Nakanomori, Aya, Saito, Katsuya, Kato, Risa, Noto, Takanori, Nagano, Nobuhiko, Morioka, Ichiro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10145222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37109123
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082787
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author Maedomari, Taishin
Miyabayashi, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Yukari
Mukai, Chihiro
Nakanomori, Aya
Saito, Katsuya
Kato, Risa
Noto, Takanori
Nagano, Nobuhiko
Morioka, Ichiro
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Miyabayashi, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Yukari
Mukai, Chihiro
Nakanomori, Aya
Saito, Katsuya
Kato, Risa
Noto, Takanori
Nagano, Nobuhiko
Morioka, Ichiro
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description We assessed a method for screening the cranial shape of 1-month-old infants using a simple measuring instrument instead of a three-dimensional scanner. The Mimos craniometer was used to measure cranial length, cranial width, and two diagonal lengths to calculate the cranial index (CI) and cranial asymmetry (CA). We defined a CI > 90% as brachycephaly and CA > 5 mm as deformational plagiocephaly (DP). Intra- and inter-examiner accuracy analyses were performed on a dummy doll and 1-month-old infants. The measurements of healthy 1-month-old infants were compared with previously reported three-dimensional scanner measurements. Intra- and inter-rater measurements showed good accuracy; diagnostic accuracy comparisons of brachycephaly and DP using a three-dimensional scanner showed kappa values of 1.0 and 0.8, respectively. Comparisons were made among 113 infants matched for day-age at the date of measurement; there were no significant differences in the CI (85.0% vs. 85.2%, p = 0.98) and CA (5.9 mm vs. 6.0 mm, p = 0.48) between the scanner and caliper measurements, nor in the prevalence of brachycephaly (12.4% vs. 17.7%, p = 0.35) or DP (58.4% vs. 56.6%, p = 0.89). This simple measurement method using calipers and bands was useful in screening for brachycephaly and DP in 1-month-old infants.
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spelling pubmed-101452222023-04-29 Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening Maedomari, Taishin Miyabayashi, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yukari Mukai, Chihiro Nakanomori, Aya Saito, Katsuya Kato, Risa Noto, Takanori Nagano, Nobuhiko Morioka, Ichiro J Clin Med Article We assessed a method for screening the cranial shape of 1-month-old infants using a simple measuring instrument instead of a three-dimensional scanner. The Mimos craniometer was used to measure cranial length, cranial width, and two diagonal lengths to calculate the cranial index (CI) and cranial asymmetry (CA). We defined a CI > 90% as brachycephaly and CA > 5 mm as deformational plagiocephaly (DP). Intra- and inter-examiner accuracy analyses were performed on a dummy doll and 1-month-old infants. The measurements of healthy 1-month-old infants were compared with previously reported three-dimensional scanner measurements. Intra- and inter-rater measurements showed good accuracy; diagnostic accuracy comparisons of brachycephaly and DP using a three-dimensional scanner showed kappa values of 1.0 and 0.8, respectively. Comparisons were made among 113 infants matched for day-age at the date of measurement; there were no significant differences in the CI (85.0% vs. 85.2%, p = 0.98) and CA (5.9 mm vs. 6.0 mm, p = 0.48) between the scanner and caliper measurements, nor in the prevalence of brachycephaly (12.4% vs. 17.7%, p = 0.35) or DP (58.4% vs. 56.6%, p = 0.89). This simple measurement method using calipers and bands was useful in screening for brachycephaly and DP in 1-month-old infants. MDPI 2023-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10145222/ /pubmed/37109123 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082787 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Maedomari, Taishin
Miyabayashi, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Yukari
Mukai, Chihiro
Nakanomori, Aya
Saito, Katsuya
Kato, Risa
Noto, Takanori
Nagano, Nobuhiko
Morioka, Ichiro
Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title_full Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title_fullStr Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title_full_unstemmed Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title_short Cranial Shape Measurements Obtained Using a Caliper and Elastic Bands Are Useful for Brachycephaly and Deformational Plagiocephaly Screening
title_sort cranial shape measurements obtained using a caliper and elastic bands are useful for brachycephaly and deformational plagiocephaly screening
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10145222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37109123
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082787
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