Verify the effect of the treadmill intervention on the motor development of high risk babies

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000518268

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-30

Start date

2009-06-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Purpose: Investigate the effects of treadmill interventions in high risk babies motor development Hypothesis: 1. The experimental group will acquire the independent walking earlier than the high risk babies control group 2. The experimental group will acquire the others milestones earlier than the high risk babies control group 3. The alternative steps will increase along the intervention months

Interventions

Treadmill intervention twice times a week, belt speed 0.28 m/s, 8 minutes a day, until babies are able to walk independently, after physical therapy session of precocial stimulation of motor development that consists of sensory-motor stimulation by 45 minutes also twice times a week, until babies are able to walk independently.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

5 Months to 14 Months

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

high risk babies (prematurity, low birth weight, sepsis, meningitis, resuscitation, high-frequency ventilation, total parenteral nutrition, prolonged oxygen requirements, intraventricular and periventricular hemorrhage levels I and II, seizures)

Exclusion criteria

Abnormal neurologic exam at discharge, congenital abnormalities

Outcome results