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Compensatory head posture

MedGen UID:
1647498
Concept ID:
C4703721
Finding
HPO: HP:0031705

Definition

A compensatory head posture occurs when the head is deviated out of the normal primary straight head position in order to compensate for an ocular problem. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nakao-Kato M, Rathore FA
J Pak Med Assoc 2023 Aug;73(8):1749-1752. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.23-61. PMID: 37697781
Calandra-Buonaura G, Alfonsi E, Vignatelli L, Benarroch EE, Giannini G, Iranzo A, Low PA, Martinelli P, Provini F, Quinn N, Tolosa E, Wenning GK, Abbruzzese G, Bower P, Antonini A, Bhatia KP, Bonavita J, Pellecchia MT, Pizzorni N, Tison F, Ghorayeb I, Meissner WG, Ozawa T, Pacchetti C, Pozzi NG, Vicini C, Schindler A, Cortelli P, Kaufmann H
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021 May;86:124-132. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.03.027. PMID: 33839029
Vergara J, Skoretz SA, Brodsky MB, Miles A, Langmore SE, Wallace S, Seedat J, Starmer HM, Bolton L, Clavé P, Freitas SV, Bogaardt H, Matsuo K, de Souza CM, Mourão LF
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2020 Nov 12;29(4):2242-2253. Epub 2020 Sep 22 doi: 10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00163. PMID: 32960646

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hilliard G, Pruett J, Donahue SP, Velez FG, Peragallo JH, Ditta LC, Tavakoli M, Hoehn ME, Kuo AF, Indaram M, Kerr NC
Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Jun;262:186-191. Epub 2024 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2024.01.005. PMID: 38191066
Mehlan J, Schüttauf F
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021 Nov;238(11):1178-1185. Epub 2021 Nov 16 doi: 10.1055/a-1615-2267. PMID: 34784641
Mohamad Fadzil N, Mohammed Z, Mohamad Shahimin M, Saliman NH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Nov 27;16(23) doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234728. PMID: 31783492Free PMC Article
Yang CE, Bae JY, Lee J, Lew DH
Yonsei Med J 2018 Aug;59(6):793-797. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.6.793. PMID: 29978617Free PMC Article
Ugurbas SC, Baker JD
Eur J Ophthalmol 2012 Mar-Apr;22(2):131-5. doi: 10.5301/EJO.2011.8356. PMID: 21607930

Diagnosis

Khanna RK, Thoreau B, Jean-Lechner M, Siben A, Marotte MT, Santallier M, Pisella PJ, Cohen C, Arsene S
J Fr Ophtalmol 2024 Feb;47(2):104012. Epub 2023 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2023.05.034. PMID: 37925325
Mehlan J, Schüttauf F
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021 Nov;238(11):1178-1185. Epub 2021 Nov 16 doi: 10.1055/a-1615-2267. PMID: 34784641
Mohamad Fadzil N, Mohammed Z, Mohamad Shahimin M, Saliman NH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Nov 27;16(23) doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234728. PMID: 31783492Free PMC Article
Yang S, MacKinnon S, Dagi LR, Hunter DG
JAMA Ophthalmol 2014 Jun;132(6):669-75. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.358. PMID: 24763870
Boricean ID, Bărar A
Oftalmologia 2011;55(1):10-26. PMID: 21774381

Therapy

Hilliard G, Pruett J, Donahue SP, Velez FG, Peragallo JH, Ditta LC, Tavakoli M, Hoehn ME, Kuo AF, Indaram M, Kerr NC
Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Jun;262:186-191. Epub 2024 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2024.01.005. PMID: 38191066
Ugurbas SC, Baker JD
Eur J Ophthalmol 2012 Mar-Apr;22(2):131-5. doi: 10.5301/EJO.2011.8356. PMID: 21607930
Gupta M, Mulvihill AO, Lascaratos G, Fleck BW, George ND
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2012 Jan-Feb;49(1):58-63. Epub 2011 Mar 15 doi: 10.3928/01913913-20110308-01. PMID: 21417186
Liu C, Yang J
Yan Ke Xue Bao 1997 Mar;13(1):1-4. PMID: 11189318
Fison PN, Chignell AH
Br J Ophthalmol 1987 Jul;71(7):521-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.71.7.521. PMID: 3651365Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Yang CE, Bae JY, Lee J, Lew DH
Yonsei Med J 2018 Aug;59(6):793-797. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.6.793. PMID: 29978617Free PMC Article
Yang S, MacKinnon S, Dagi LR, Hunter DG
JAMA Ophthalmol 2014 Jun;132(6):669-75. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.358. PMID: 24763870
Mehendale RA, Dagi LR, Wu C, Ledoux D, Johnston S, Hunter DG
Arch Ophthalmol 2012 Feb;130(2):195-201. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.384. PMID: 22332212Free PMC Article
Gupta M, Mulvihill AO, Lascaratos G, Fleck BW, George ND
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2012 Jan-Feb;49(1):58-63. Epub 2011 Mar 15 doi: 10.3928/01913913-20110308-01. PMID: 21417186
Boricean ID, Bărar A
Oftalmologia 2011;55(1):10-26. PMID: 21774381

Clinical prediction guides

Bainbridge MN, Mazumder A, Ogasawara D, Abou Jamra R, Bernard G, Bertini E, Burglen L, Cope H, Crawford A, Derksen A, Dure L, Gantz E, Koch-Hogrebe M, Hurst ACE, Mahida S, Marshall P, Micalizzi A, Novelli A, Peng H; Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rodriguez D, Robbins SL, Rutledge SL, Scalise R, Schließke S, Shashi V, Srivastava S, Thiffault I, Topol S; Undiagnosed Disease Network, Qebibo L, Wieczorek D, Cravatt B, Haricharan S, Torkamani A, Friedman J
Brain 2022 Oct 21;145(10):3383-3390. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac223. PMID: 35737950Free PMC Article
Yang CE, Bae JY, Lee J, Lew DH
Yonsei Med J 2018 Aug;59(6):793-797. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.6.793. PMID: 29978617Free PMC Article
Mehendale RA, Dagi LR, Wu C, Ledoux D, Johnston S, Hunter DG
Arch Ophthalmol 2012 Feb;130(2):195-201. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.384. PMID: 22332212Free PMC Article
Ugurbas SC, Baker JD
Eur J Ophthalmol 2012 Mar-Apr;22(2):131-5. doi: 10.5301/EJO.2011.8356. PMID: 21607930
Abadi RV, Bjerre A
Br J Ophthalmol 2002 Oct;86(10):1152-60. doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.10.1152. PMID: 12234898Free PMC Article

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