NCT02681289

Physiotherapy of At-Risk Infants, Physiotherapist or Family?

Physiotherapy of At-Risk Infants, Physiotherapist or Family? A Randomized Intervention Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Early physiotherapy reduces neuromotor problems in at-risk infants. This study was planned to compare the effects of an early goal-directed neuromotor physiotherapy (GDNT) application between preterm and term at-risk infants.

Detailed description

Early physiotherapy reduces neuromotor problems in at-risk infants. This study was planned to compare the effects of an early goal-directed neuromotor physiotherapy (GDNT) application between preterm and term at-risk infants. Eighteen at-risk infants between the ages of 0 and 12 months were assigned to the preterm and term groups according to their gestational and corrected age. Each group received GDNT for 45 min, three days per week for 12 weeks. The effectiveness of the therapy was measured using Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE), and Goal Attainment Scale (GAS).

Conditions

• Problem With Growth of an Infant

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Early goal directed neuromotor therapy	Early goal directed neuromotor therapy (NGDT) is referred to as 'task-oriented' and is built on contemporary system theories of motor control. The development and learning of new skills occur in an interaction between the child, the task to be performed and the particular environment in which the activity takes place.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2016-02-12
• Last updated: 2016-02-12