Successful conservative treatment of chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in a child with torticollis.
A 7-yr-old girl was diagnosed with atlantoaxial rotatory fixation, a serious but treatable cause of acquired torticollis in children and not well known by clinical physicians. Two and a half years after conservative treatment, she had recovered completely. This case report suggests that if the patient has no previous adequate rehabilitation treatment, then conservative treatments are effective for chronic but stable atlantoaxial rotatory fixation.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
Pei-Te
PT
Hsu
Hsin-Yeh
HY
Chung
Jue-Long
JL
Wang
Henry L
HL
Lew
D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014143:Traction