Premature birth
Conditions
Interventions
Therapeutic clinical trial randomized controlled parallel. Participate in the trial 16 preterm infants moderate to extreme, healthy, gestational age less than 37 weeks, of both genders, which will be
Other
H02.010.625
I02.233.543
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Eligibility
Age
3 Months to 6 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Infants born below 37 weeks considered low risk for brain injury, with Apgar Scores of greater than 7, without major pre- and perinatal complications, and at maternal care.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Infants considered high risk, whose medical records report the occurrence of: anoxia, signs of neurological impairment (eg, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy grades I, II and III, intracranial hemorrhage, and neonatal seizures), congenital malformations (eg, anencephaly, spina bifida, acondroplasias, microencephaly), genetic syndromes (eg, Down syndrome and chromosomal deletion), sensory changes (visual and auditory), difficulties cardiorespiratory, orthopedic impairment and / or musculoskeletal, hyperbilirubinemia. For the selection or non-inclusion of infants in the studies according to the risk factors described above, the medical records will be taken as a reference to obtain such information, as well as prompted the collaboration of neonatologists and pediatricians selection of sites for confirmations and questions to resolve.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Continuous variables of reaching performance: measured as the mean values of kinematics variables of reaching movement (movement duration,straightness index, deceleration time, mean velocity, movement unit) and total frequencies of reaching. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Categorical variables of reaching performance: the frequencies of uni/bimanual movements, hand opening/orientation when the infant touches the object. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactElaine;Eloisa Guimarães;Tudella
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro;Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Outcome results
None listed