Leung Y K, Leung P C
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1987 May;69(3):473-8. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.69B3.3584205.
Sixty-seven patients with sternomastoid tumours have been treated by stretching and manipulation of the neck and the results evaluated after an average follow-up of six and a half years. Stretching was found to be useful in early management, although initial facial asymmetry and limitation of neck rotation of over 30 degrees usually precluded a good prognosis. The results were also unsatisfactory if, during the first six months of treatment, improvement was slow; in such cases facial asymmetry and head-tilting frequently persisted.
67例胸锁乳突肌肿瘤患者接受了颈部拉伸和手法治疗，并在平均随访6年半后对结果进行了评估。发现拉伸在早期治疗中是有用的，尽管最初的面部不对称和超过30度的颈部旋转受限通常预示着预后不佳。如果在治疗的前六个月改善缓慢，结果也不尽人意；在这种情况下，面部不对称和头部倾斜常常持续存在。
