U.S., Sept. 20 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07182604) titled 'Effectiveness of a Prenatal Educational Intervention to Prevent Positional Occipital Plagiocephaly' on Sept. 09.
Brief Summary: Positional occipital plagiocephaly (POP) is a morphological abnormality of the cranium which, in the absence of early synostosis of the cranial sutures, is caused by external forces acting on the skull, which is highly malleable in newborns. The most common form of POP is the "acquired" type, which manifests around 2-3 months of age and reaches its peak severity around 4 months. The incidence of POP is 46.6% at 7-12 weeks of life, and 78.3% of cases are mild severity. In addition to being an aesthetic prob...