MORFOLOGIA CRANIANA E A RELAÇÃO COM TEMPO DE PARTO EM NEONATOS EM UMA ALA MATERNO INFANTIL NO HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DO OESTE DO PARANÁ

Introduction: Positional or non-synostotic deformities are cranial asymmetries, marked as: positional plagiocephaly, brachycephaly and dolichocephaly. There are risk factors that favor these changes, which are biomechanical conditions, intrinsic and extrinsic factors, positioning, among others. Objective: To analyze the cranial measurements in neonates and to identify a cranial morphology and if there was a relationship with the duration of delivery. Methodology: For sample selection, neonates were adopted by an osteopathic physiotherapist, then collected as cranial measurements and an interview with the mother was carried out. Results: The sample consisted of 67 neonates that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, such as cranial changes that were transported: plagiocephaly (71.64%), brachycephaly (11.95%) and dolichophelia (7.46%), without dysfunction (20.89%), neonates that dispel more than one dysfunction (13%). Regarding the information on the duration of delivery, neonates without major dysfunctions during delivery, followed by slight changes in intensity and with less time as moderate intensity. Conclusion: There was an important number of neonates that cranial changes, when related to the time of delivery, we can raise a hypothesis that moderate changes may have shorter births and with duration of longer births may be related to neonates without dysfunction.