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To evaluate your infant's head shape, view the head from various angles: from the top, the sides, the back and face-on. Gently placing your fingers in the child's ears will help you "feel" the ear shift. To see facial asymmetry, hold a child up to a mirror. A clinical specialist can explain head shape complexities.
 Plagiocephaly |
 Scaphocephaly |
 Brachycephaly |
Assessing the severity of plagiocephaly can be very subjective. Severity is dependant upon many factors including flattening of the back of the head, prominence of the forehead, ear shift, facial asymmetry and torticollis. In an attempt to standardize the classification of plagiocephaly, Cranial Technologies has developed the assessment tools provided below.
These tools are currently used across the country to document the improvement achieved with repositioning. A child's severity may be documented at a visit to the pediatrician and then re-evaluated using the same form after 4 - 6 weeks of repositioning.
A multi-center study is currently under way to determine the validity and reliability of these forms. Results of this study will be shared when they become available.
These forms are available to physicians at no charge. Please click here and fill out the order form. Feel free to download these forms and print them for your own use.
Plagiocephaly Severity Assessment |
Scaphocephaly Severity Assessment |
Brachycephaly Severity Assessment |
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Disclaimer: The information contained in Cranial Technologies' website should not be used as a substitute for the medical advice of your physician. There may be variations in treatment that your physician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances. If you have questions regarding treatment of an infant currently in the DOC Band®, clinicians at the center providing treatment should be contacted directly. For feedback or general questions about our website, please email the webmaster at wbmgr@cranialtech.com Website Last Revised: January 12 2007 Created: August 16 2002 ©1997-2008 Cranial Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. DOC, DOC Band and Dynamic Orthotic Cranioplasty are Trademarks of Cranial Technologies, Inc. U.S. Patents 5,094,229; 5,038,312; 5,951,503; 6,346,353.
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