Since the American Academy of Pediatrics' Back to Sleep Campaign, the incidence of positional plagiocephaly ... molding helmet therapy. Variations in head shape are often seen in the neonatal ...

But the question of how often baby helmets are really necessary ... Among kids with plagiocephaly, 80 percent had a normal head shape by 5 years old, 19 percent had mild plagiocephaly, and only ...

The helmets are used to treat plagiocephaly and brachycephaly or flat head syndrome ... According to the NHS, a baby's skull can be relatively soft and can change shape if constant pressure ...

It is a unique clinic; the only NHS trust in the country offering helmet therapy for babies with flat heads, known as plagiocephaly ... worried about the shape of his head when he was four months ...

An infant presenting with an abnormal head shape requires careful investigation. The etiology of cranial dysmorphology can be divided into 3 categories that include: [6] The term plagiocephaly is ...