J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1998 Aug;39(8):1873-1878.

Clinical Manifestation of Abnormal heal Posture

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  • 1The institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University, College of medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University, College of medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Medical records of one hundred tow patients with abnormal head posture who were seen at our clinic between 1994 and 1997 were reviewed. The mean age was 7.8 years and the abnormal head posture was detected at 2.1 years. Thirty-two of the patients were female and 70 were male. There were 65 cases with face turn, 19 with head tilt, 6 with chin up or down, 7 with combined head posture and 5 with head nodding. In etiologic aspect, there were 60 cases with infantile nystagmus, 18 with paralytic strabismus, 13 with horizontal or vertical strabismus, 5 with Duane`s retraction syndrome and 6 with the others. Infantile nystagmus was the most common etiology of face turn and paralytic strabismus was that of head tilt. Thirty-three among 38 patients who had surgical procedure showed improvement in head posture.

Keyword

Chin down; Chin up; Face turn; head tilt

MeSH Terms

Chin
Duane Retraction Syndrome
Female
Head
Humans
Male
Medical Records
Posture*
Strabismus
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