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The cranial shape was assessed using a 3D scanner (VECTRA\u00aeH2) at the start of treatment, end of treatment, and 12 months of age. Changes in the Cranial Vault Asymmetry Index (\u0394CVAI), an indicator of cranial deformity, and the severity of deformity (normal, mild, moderate, severe, very severe) were assessed between the end of treatment and 12 months. Results: The study included 32 infants: 30 were full-term and 2 were preterm (gestational ages: 34 and 36 weeks). The median age at the start of treatment was 4 months (range: 2\u20137 months), with a mean CVAI of 10.5 \u00b1 2.2%. At the end of treatment, the median age was 9 months (range: 5\u201311 months), with a mean CVAI of 4.2 \u00b1 1.8%. The \u0394CVAI from the end of treatment to 12 months of age was 0.3 \u00b1 0.8%. Regarding severity, an improvement was observed in one infant (3%) (from moderate to mild), no change in 28 infants (88%) (23 classified as normal, three as mild, and two as moderate), and worsening in three infants (9%) (one from mild to moderate and two from normal to mild). Conclusions: The severity of cranial deformity showed minimal worsening during the natural progression from the end of helmet therapy to 1 year of age.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14020357","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,9]],"date-time":"2025-01-09T05:17:08Z","timestamp":1736399828000},"page":"357","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Natural Progression of Cranial Shape Following Helmet Therapy for Deformational Plagiocephaly"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5936-1228","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Risa","family":"Kato","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0890-1626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nobuhiko","family":"Nagano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mari","family":"Sasano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, Kanagawa Children\u2019s Medical Center, Yokohama 232-8555, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8480-7252","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Koichiro","family":"Sumi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5685-2670","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ichiro","family":"Morioka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1126","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2008-2969","article-title":"Risk factors associated with deformational plagiocephaly","volume":"124","author":"Joganic","year":"2009","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1097\/00001665-199601000-00005","article-title":"An increase in infant cranial deformity with supine sleeping position","volume":"7","author":"Argenta","year":"1996","journal-title":"J. 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