Use physical therapy to head off this deformity in infants. Consider early PT to prevent severe deformational plagiocephaly.
Identify infants with positional preference early and consider referral to pediatric physical therapy at 7 or 8 weeks to prevent severe deformational plagiocephaly.
Vargish
Lisa
L
Department of Family Medicine, The University of Chicago, IL USA.
Mendoza
Michael D
MD
Ewigman
Bernard
B
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