Three-Dimensional Changes of Neck Motion Following Surgery for Adolescent Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A Case Report.
5 affiliations
- 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
- 2Swallowing Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
- 3School of Health Sciences, Tokyo International University, Saitama, Japan.
- 4National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, Japan.
- 5Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a common pediatric orthopedic diagnosis, but the precise change after surgery in adolescence has not been evaluated. A 21-year-old female with CMT received three-dimensional motion analysis for neck movement before and after surgery. Results demonstrated that the rest position remained tilted and rotated, but the active range of motion partially improved. We compared the motion with that of nine healthy controls and revealed that the patient with CMT had accompanying neck movement in an unintended direction during neck motion, which changed postoperatively. Surgery for an adolescent with CMT partially improved neck movement. The patient showed different neck movement patterns with accompanying movement compared with healthy controls. However, a larger study is required to determine disease-specific movement patterns and to verify the effects of surgery on these adolescents.
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BibTeX
@article{inokuchi2026threedimensional,
title = {{Three-Dimensional Changes of Neck Motion Following Surgery for Adolescent Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A Case Report.}},
author = {Haruhi Inokuchi and Michio Tojima and Nobuhiko Haga and Toru Ogata},
journal = {Journal of orthopaedic case reports},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.13107/jocr.2026.v16.i11.8406},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997126},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Three-Dimensional Changes of Neck Motion Following Surgery for Adolescent Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A Case Report.
AU - Haruhi Inokuchi
AU - Michio Tojima
AU - Nobuhiko Haga
AU - Toru Ogata
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/01
JO - Journal of orthopaedic case reports
DO - 10.13107/jocr.2026.v16.i11.8406
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997126
AB - Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a common pediatric orthopedic diagnosis, but the precise change after surgery in adolescence has not been evaluated. A 21-year-old female with CMT received three-dimensional motion analysis for neck movement before and after surgery. Results demonstrated that the rest position remained tilted and rotated, but the active range of motion partially improved. We compared the motion with that of nine healthy controls and revealed that the patient with CMT had accompanying neck movement in an unintended direction during neck motion, which changed postoperatively. Surgery for an adolescent with CMT partially improved neck movement. The patient showed different neck movement patterns with accompanying movement compared with healthy controls. However, a larger study is required to determine disease-specific movement patterns and to verify the effects of surgery on these adolescents.
SN - 2250-0685
SN - 2321-3817
ER -