Therapeutic Effect of Microcurrent Therapy in Infants With Congenital Muscular Torticollis

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.06.008
• Publication Date: 2009-08-19T08:21:39Z
• Authors: Min Young Kim; Dong Rak Kwon; Hak Il Lee
• Keywords: Supine position; Manual therapy

Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether microcurrent therapy is therapeutically effective in infants with torticollis. Design Prospective, unblinded, controlled trial. Setting Bundang CHA Hospital. Subjects Fifteen were included who received torticollis treatment from April July 2008. control group (CG) 8 (3 male, 5 female) a mean age 7.1 months. experimental (EG) 7 (6 one 10 Methods CG underwent stretching exercises for 30 minutes after ultrasound and the EG 2 minutes. Each 3 treatments per week consecutive weeks. Main Outcome Measures Measurements head tilting angle at supine (TA) neck rotation range motion affected side (RR) first day 14th treatment. incidence crying during also recorded. results assessed by Mann‐Whitney U Fisher exact tests. Results In CG, 4 showed TA improvement, infant RR cried therapy. EG, 6 16.3 ± 9.2° 13.9 8.2° 15.7 6.7 4.3° improvement greater ( P < .01) as compared CG. 65.0 24.6° 66.3 25.7° 70.0 11.5° 80.7 6.7° .05). significantly lower Conclusion Microcurrent appears more improving shows better therapeutic compliance than traditional