Premature, Low Birth Weight, Motor Skills Disorders, Early Intervention
Conditions
Interventions
Control Group: 20 Participants in the control group will receive guidance routinely offered by the care team of the follow-up clinic, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, etc. Experimental group: The
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Sponsors
Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
No minimum to 4 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants will be selected according to the following criteria: (1) neonates born between 30 wk and 36 wk and 6 days, according to ultrasound; (2) adequate for gestational age; (3) Apgar = 7 in the 5th minute; (4) birth weight less than 2500 g; (5) intrauterine growth restriction (6) absence of cardiorespiratory complications such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia and congenital heart diseases, neurological such as brain malformation, microcephaly, hydrocephalus, musculoskeletal disorders such as congenital clubfoot and congenital muscular torticollis, or auditory according to the little ear test; genetic syndromes, congenital infections (toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex) and visual changes according to the little eye test; (7) present poor or normal motor repertoire in the assessment of Generalized Movements (MG).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The following will be excluded: (1) babies diagnosed with grade III and IV intraventricular hemorrhage; (2) babies whose parents withdraw from participating (3) babies who do not attend 2 assessments to monitor primary and secondary outcomes, (4) parents do not answer the phone for 3 consecutive days to reschedule assessments or declare withdrawal from the intervention by of the guardians, (5) parents who do not fill out the field diary to monitor the practice of Tummy Time. After randomization, participants will be excluded if they present any health deterioration and need to be hospitalized, change state and/or country.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improved head control motor performance, assessed by Kinovea® software | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improved development of gross motor function, assessed by the Bayley Scale of Child Development – ??III;Little or no change in vertical alignment and horizontal leveling of the head assessed by Kinovea® software | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactSilvana Pereira
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed