Premature Birth
Conditions
Keywords
Preterm, Premature, Infant, Baby, Child
Brief summary
Experimental cross-sectional study of a single application (vojta therapy or massage) in preterm and non-preterm infants to test whether there are differences in brain activation and oxygenation that occur with both techniques between term and preterm infants. Secondly, the brain activation and oxygenation produced by both physiotherapy techniques will be tested separately to establish comparisons between the two groups. Finally, between 3 - 6 months, we will analyse whether there are changes in gaze fixation (eye tracker) in the 4 study arms to see if there are differences between term and preterm infants but also the differences between the immediate effectiveness of both techniques.
Interventions
OTHERVojta Therapy
Minimal digital pressure at costal level to assess the activation and oxygenation occurring at the cerebral level
OTHERMassotherapy
Baby body massage with gliding
Sponsors
University of Salamanca
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Masking description
Invesigator will not know which infants are premature or not
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Days to 1 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* term and preterm babys * first month after birth
Exclusion criteria
* intrumental delivery * pathology associated
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| EEG (Alpha, Beta, Theta) | Change from Baseline brain activation at 3 months | Brain activation |
| NIRS | Change from Baseline brain oxigenation at 3 months | Brain oxigenation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eye tracker | Change from Baseline gaze fization at 6 months | Gaze fixation |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed