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Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study

OBJECTIVE: To detect the effect and safety of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis. METHODS: A total of 56 infants with unilateral congenital muscular torticollis were enrolled in this retrospective comparative study. The subjects were divided in two groups, namely, the co...

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Autores principales: Tang, Wei, Li, Zhoujin, Xu, Weihui, Ye, Yong, Wang, Huijuan, Wang, Ying, Shao, Xiangning, Wang, Mengqing, Xu, Jianda
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.984675
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author Tang, Wei
Li, Zhoujin
Xu, Weihui
Ye, Yong
Wang, Huijuan
Wang, Ying
Shao, Xiangning
Wang, Mengqing
Xu, Jianda
author_facet Tang, Wei
Li, Zhoujin
Xu, Weihui
Ye, Yong
Wang, Huijuan
Wang, Ying
Shao, Xiangning
Wang, Mengqing
Xu, Jianda
author_sort Tang, Wei
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description OBJECTIVE: To detect the effect and safety of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis. METHODS: A total of 56 infants with unilateral congenital muscular torticollis were enrolled in this retrospective comparative study. The subjects were divided in two groups, namely, the control group and the massage group. The control group (n = 28) received the treatment of sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) stretching, while the massage group (n = 28) received massage therapy combined with SCM stretching. The following parameters were compared: the cervical range of motion (ROM) and functional level (muscle function scale and ratio of muscle function scale scores). Complications, if any, were also recorded. RESULTS: Of the 56 infants, 7 infants (12.5%) underwent surgery with little functional improvement. The total effective rate of conservative treatment was 87.5%. No significance was found in terms of the surgery rate between both groups (14.29 vs. 10.71%, P = 0.693). After treatment, the ROM (including rotation and lateral flexion) and the ratio of muscle function scale scores improved significantly (P < 0.05). In the latest follow-up, the massage group showed a greater improvement in rotation and lateral flexion. However, no significant difference in the muscle function scale score ratio was found (P = 0.126). Importantly, no adverse events related to blood vessels, nerves, and SCM occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Providing massage therapy in infants with congenital muscular torticollis is a safe and effective method to improve the cervical range of motion and function. However, this study did not find any decrease in the surgical rate between two groups of patients despite adding such therapy.
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spelling pubmed-98690632023-01-24 Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study Tang, Wei Li, Zhoujin Xu, Weihui Ye, Yong Wang, Huijuan Wang, Ying Shao, Xiangning Wang, Mengqing Xu, Jianda Front Pediatr Pediatrics OBJECTIVE: To detect the effect and safety of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis. METHODS: A total of 56 infants with unilateral congenital muscular torticollis were enrolled in this retrospective comparative study. The subjects were divided in two groups, namely, the control group and the massage group. The control group (n = 28) received the treatment of sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) stretching, while the massage group (n = 28) received massage therapy combined with SCM stretching. The following parameters were compared: the cervical range of motion (ROM) and functional level (muscle function scale and ratio of muscle function scale scores). Complications, if any, were also recorded. RESULTS: Of the 56 infants, 7 infants (12.5%) underwent surgery with little functional improvement. The total effective rate of conservative treatment was 87.5%. No significance was found in terms of the surgery rate between both groups (14.29 vs. 10.71%, P = 0.693). After treatment, the ROM (including rotation and lateral flexion) and the ratio of muscle function scale scores improved significantly (P < 0.05). In the latest follow-up, the massage group showed a greater improvement in rotation and lateral flexion. However, no significant difference in the muscle function scale score ratio was found (P = 0.126). Importantly, no adverse events related to blood vessels, nerves, and SCM occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Providing massage therapy in infants with congenital muscular torticollis is a safe and effective method to improve the cervical range of motion and function. However, this study did not find any decrease in the surgical rate between two groups of patients despite adding such therapy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9869063/ /pubmed/36699315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.984675 Text en © 2023 Tang, Li, Xu, Ye, Wang, Wang, Shao, Wang and Xu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Tang, Wei
Li, Zhoujin
Xu, Weihui
Ye, Yong
Wang, Huijuan
Wang, Ying
Shao, Xiangning
Wang, Mengqing
Xu, Jianda
Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title_full Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title_fullStr Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title_short Effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: A retrospective comparative study
title_sort effect of massage therapy on infants with congenital muscular torticollis: a retrospective comparative study
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.984675
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