Open AccessTAMO Therapy as a Major Component of Physical Therapy Intervention for an Infant With Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mary Rahlin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/01.pep.0000179176.20035.f0
Subject(s) - supine position , intervention (counseling) , torticollis , range of motion , physical medicine and rehabilitation , head (geology) , manual therapy , psychology , physical therapy , medicine , surgery , psychiatry , pathology , alternative medicine , geomorphology , geology
Tscharnuter Akademie for Motor Organization (TAMO) therapy is a therapeutic approach based on dynamic theories of motor control. Research evidence supporting this approach is limited. The purpose of this case report is to describe the use of TAMO therapy in the physical therapy intervention for an infant with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT). The patient was a 4.5-month-old baby boy (corrected age) with left CMT.