Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 252-255
Static Progressive Cervical Orthosis for the Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis - A Case Study
M. Keerthiga1, Chinmayee Subhasmita Panda2
1Internship Student, 2Assistant Professor,
Department of P&O, ISHWAR Institute of Prosthetics and Orthotics, AA/23, 3rd street, 3rd main road, Anna Nagar, Chennai, India, 600040
Corresponding Author: Chinmayee Subhasmita Panda
ABSTRACT
Background: Among the musculoskeletal anomalies Congenital Muscular Torticollis is the third most common with 0.4% to 1.9% of incidence. The orthotic management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis can be non-operative or post-operative. But a very few literature was found on static progressive orthosis for the management of torticollis.
Case Description and Methods: A 10 years old girl with left Sternocleidomastoid contracture had undergone surgery suffering from Torticollis. Post surgically the patient was treated with an indigenously designed static progressive cervical orthosis. The lateral flexion and cervical rotation was measured immediately before the application of orthosis as well as after 10 weeks of regular use.
Result: The contracture angle of lateral flexion was decreased from mean 25° to 8° and cervical rotation was decreased from mean 30° to 10°.
Conclusion: The static progressive orthosis can be considered as a new alternative method for gradual correction of Congenital Muscular Torticollis.
Clinical Relevance: This orthosis can effectively reduce the ROM of lateral flexion contracture as well as and cervical rotation in CMT.
Key words: Static progressive orthosis, Congenital, Torticollis, Sternocleidomastoid.