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Table 3 Characteristics of studies for Manual Therapy intervention for Congenital Muscular Torticollis

From: The effectiveness and safety of conservative interventions for positional plagiocephaly and congenital muscular torticollis: a synthesis of systematic reviews and guidance

Authors

Participants/n/age/gender/condition

Timing of intervention

Number and type of studies included in review

Method of data synthesis (narrative/meta-analysis)

Brand et al., 2005 [24]

Children 0–23 months/KISS with PP, positional preference and infantile colic

NR

2 RCT’s

Meta-analysis

Driehuis et al., 2019 [4]

Infants and children/ paediatric conditions including CMT

8 weeks for CMT

26/12 RCT’s, 9 observational and 5 case reports

1 RCT related to CMT (Haugen et al., 2011)

Meta-analysis

Heidenreich et al., 2018 [25]

Infants and children/ CMT/ <  12 months

3 weeks with < 6-month FU where reported

20/ 10 described/ 4 retrospective cohorts, 2 Cohorts, 4 RCT’s

Narrative

Parnell Prevost et al., 2019 [13]

Infants/0–12 weeks/paediatric conditions including CMT

NR

50/ 32 RCT’s and 18 Observational

1 RCT related to CMT (Haugen et al., 2011)

Narrative

  1. FU follow-up; MT manual therapy; KISS kinetic imbalance suboccipital strain syndrome NR not reported; RCT randomised controlled trial