Frontal head posture in shunt-treated hydrocephalic patients |
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| Authors: | P. Athussaki I. Zepa J. Huggare W. Serlo P. Pirttiniemi |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Odontology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 4064, 14104 Huddinge, Sweden e-mail: Jan.Huggare@ofa.ki.se Tel.: +46-8-7288351 Fax: +46-8-7118343, SE;(2) Department of Paediatrics and Surgery, University of Oulu, Aapistie 3, 90220 Oulu, Finland, FI;(3) Department of Oral Development and Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Aapistie 3, 90220 Oulu, Finland, FI |
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| Abstract: | Objects: The aim of this study was to evaluate frontal head posture in shunt-treated hydrocephalic patients and its relation to the sidedness of the shunt device. Methods: Natural head position and frontal cephalograms of 55 shunt-treated Finnish hydrocephalic patients and 33 healthy Finnish subjects were analysed using a computerised digitising program (X-METRIX). The following reference angles were used: ORB/HOR, indicating the head position related to the true horizontal; CER/VER, indicating the cervical position related to the true vertical; and CER/CR, indicating the craniocervical position. Conclusions: The results showed an increased skewness of the head in the shunt-treated subjects, which was not related to the shunt side. Received: 26 March 1999 Revised: 10 March 2000 |
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| Keywords: | Head posture Hydrocephalus Shunt treatment |
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