Knight Sarah J, Anderson Vicki A, Meara John G, Da Costa Annette C
Psychological Sciences and †Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Jul;24(4):1225-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318299777e.
The objective of this study was to characterize the early neurodevelopmental profile of Australian infants with deformational plagiocephaly (DP). Twenty-one infants with a confirmed diagnosis of DP (mean age, 7.9 months; SD, 2.0 months) were assessed on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition, before treatment. As a group, infants with DP showed significantly weaker motor skills compared with the normative population. Patients with DP did not significantly differ from normative population estimates with respect to cognitive abilities. Males with DP displayed significantly reduced motor abilities compared to females. These findings do not suggest that DP causes developmental problems, but DP could be a marker for risk of developmental problems. Screening for developmental concerns in infants with DP is therefore important.
本研究的目的是描述患有变形性斜头畸形（DP）的澳大利亚婴儿的早期神经发育概况。在治疗前，对21名确诊为DP的婴儿（平均年龄7.9个月；标准差2.0个月）进行了贝利婴儿发展量表第二版评估。总体而言，与正常人群相比，患有DP的婴儿运动技能明显较弱。在认知能力方面，患有DP的患者与正常人群估计值没有显著差异。与女性相比，患有DP的男性运动能力明显降低。这些发现并不表明DP会导致发育问题，但DP可能是发育问题风险的一个标志。因此，对患有DP的婴儿进行发育问题筛查很重要。
