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Frontal head posture in shunt-treated hydrocephalic patients

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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.

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  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

    P. Athussaki, I. Zepa & J. Huggare

  2. Department of Paediatrics and Surgery, University of Oulu, Aapistie 3, 90220 Oulu, Finland, , , , , , FI

    W. Serlo

  3. Department of Oral Development and Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Aapistie 3, 90220 Oulu, Finland, , , , , , FI

    P. Pirttiniemi

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Received: 26 March 1999 Revised: 10 March 2000

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Athussaki, P., Zepa, I., Huggare, J. et al. Frontal head posture in shunt-treated hydrocephalic patients. Child's Nerv Syst 16, 437–440 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007289

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