Using gel pillows in preterm infants is related to decreased cranial deformity

Introduction: The positional scaphocephaly is the preterm infants’ typical cranial deformity. And probably is due to improper motor control, which determines minor change in position and longer asymmetric pressure on the skull. Decreasing the pressure of asymmetric support points on the skull, might...

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Main Authors: Nayadet Lucero, Alicia Nuñez, Bernardita Severín de la M., Raúl Escobar
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Chile 2016-12-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Online Access:https://revistaterapiaocupacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RTO/article/view/44748