I use a craniometer daily to measure infants with plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly. It is not easy as infants do not always cooperate, but I think it work well after some training (if using a headband with marks). This weekend I had inexperienced therapists (inexperienced in measuring with craniometer) measuring models of infant head ("home made"), it ought to be rather "easy" as this model heads do not move. However the result was not as good as expected, (I will do it again with better models of heads).
I would like to know about others experience with measuring with craniometer.
Helo Anna.
Take a look at this article. It is a validation of a free software to use to evaluate plagiocephaly. Very simple and usefull.
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1F4D649994E1940!713&authkey=!ABAJCrT-XSw20t8&ithint=folder%2cpdf
Best regards!
ANNA
Mauro may have met your clinical requirement. However, if not then the citation below may be of interest as it reviews [in addition to interventions] assessment alternative methods ca, 2007, Bottom-Line McGarry et al argue that none have been adequately studied for inter-rater reliability etc. The citations to this article, and citations of selected articles, might be "chased" with some potential that the situation has been addressed adequately in the last 7 years -- I have not done this.. Nonetheless such a review would include articles re: photo-scanning systems have been developed in more recent years, and CAT Scan based methods (unethical, if for no other clinical reason.
Good Luck.
ALVAH
[HTML] Head shape measurement standards and cranial orthoses in the treatment of infants with deformational plagiocephalyI
A McGarry, MT Dixon, RJ Greig… - … Medicine & Child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
... 10, Case-control, Not stated, 31 patients with plagiocephaly/ brachycephaly and 29 control, Heads ...
Of several commentaries and discussion papers on plagiocephaly, only three literature reviews ...
8,23,24 Two suggest that positioning, physiotherapy, and/or helmet treatment might ...
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Thanks Mauro and Alvah
I was probably not clear enough when asking the question,
I new about several methods but were more interested in others clinical experience of measuring. Flexicurve CPM etc for all the infant has to be in right position and not move.
I use it everyday in my daily practice and it helps a lot to monitor my babies asymmetries.
of course it does not allow a volume assesment but it gives us a great idea of what is going on.
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