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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl) J Nov Physiother
ISSN: 2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal Physiotherapy 2017
November 27-29, 2017
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Infantile postural asymmetry and physical therapy: A randomized controlled trial
Background: Physical therapy is an acknowledged and frequently applied method for infantile postural asymmetry. However,
there is not yet sufficient evidence for its effectiveness in pediatric treatment.
Objective: In a randomized controlled trial, the effect of Vojta therapy versus neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) is assessed
in infants with postural asymmetry.
Methods: 65 infants with postural asymmetry were recruited. 37 infants aged six to eight weeks (mean 7.38) were found to be
eligible and randomly assigned to two groups, with 19 receiving Vojta therapy and 18 NDT. Using a standardized and blind
video-based assessment, restriction in head rotation and convexity of the spine in prone and supine position before and after
therapy were documented. A reduction of at least four points (range of scale 20 points) in postural asymmetry was regarded
as a clinically relevant change.
Results: A four point reduction was achieved in both groups within eight weeks. A mean difference (pre-post) between the
groups of -2.96 points (95% CI [-5.01; -.91]) in favor of Vojta therapy was observed (p=0.025). Improving attitude was more
evident in the supine position than in the prone position.
Conclusion: While both NDT and Vojta therapy are effective in the treatment of infantile postural asymmetry and well applied
by the parents, therapeutic effectiveness is greater within the Vojta group. Parental compliance was the same in both groups
regardless the babies crying in the Vojta group.
Biography
Michael Jung has completed his PhD at the Medical Faculties of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. He is the Dean of the Master program in
Interdisciplinary pediatric therapy at the Carl Remigius Medical School in Frankfurt, Germany. He has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals and has
been serving as an adhoc-reviewer in international journals.
Michael Jung
Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Michael Jung, J Nov Physiother 2017, 7:6(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025-C1-019