Efficacy of Cranial Orthosis for Plagiocephaly Based on 2D and 3D Evaluation

Abstract

Background With the advent of cranial orthoses as therapeutic medical devices for the treatment of severe positional head deformities in Japan, an increasing number of patients are being treated with them. However, assessing the effectiveness of a treatment is often difficult due to the use of different metrics. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cranial orthoses for deformational plagiocephaly using two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) evaluation metrics.

Keywords

• imaging
• three-dimensional
• orthotic devices
• photogrammetry
• plagiocephaly
• nonsynostotic