Congenital torticollis: Evidence in physical therapy treatment

Abstract

Due to the need to evaluate the treatments of Congenital Muscular Torticollis, this study aimed to review the literature on the evidence of physical therapy treatment. Because they have recent articles on the subject, articles between the years 2012 and 2019 were selected, obtained from the Pubmed and Scielo databases. The keywords were: Congenital Torticollis, Physiotherapy, Not Surgery. The main evidence found was: Conventional Physical Therapy; Microcurrent; kinesiological tape; Chiropractic; Osteopathy and Ultrasonography. It was also observed the combination of one or more techniques for better functional recovery of patients, ranging from neonates to 10 years of age. Regarding the application of treatments, it was also evidenced that both evaluation and early treatment exert a significant gain. It was also found that there are few studies on the physical therapy treatment of CMD, opening the need for more studies that collaborate with such evaluations and evidence, making it impossible to replicate these findings.