NCT03313427

Early Physical Therapy Intervention in Preterm Infants

Early Physical Therapy Intervention in Preterm Infants During the Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and at Home to Promote Motor Development

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Weeks – 34 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The hypothesis of this study is that early physical therapy intervention, initiated during the NICU stay and up to 2 months corrected age, based on the family-centered model, could promote preterm infants motor development in short-term (2 months corrected age) and long-term (8 months corrected age). There is a high evidence level of different systematic reviews, which support the effectivity of early intervention with preterm infants. The principal aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of early physiotherapy intervention to promote motor development in preterm infants at 2 and 8 months corrected age. The secondary purpose is to study the motor development of those preterm infants who received early physical therapy intervention.

Conditions

• Preterm Infant
• Physical Therapy
• Early Intervention
• NICU
• Home
• Motor Development

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical Therapy Early Intervention	At the UCIN: * Parental education to empower them on motor development and parent-infant relationship. Consisted on 6 sessions during the first weeks at the NICU. * Tactile and kinaesthetic stimulation managed by parents. 2 times a day, 15 minutes each, during 10 days. At home: Psychomotor Development Program for the baby; comprised of different exercises, in different phases, depending on child maturation stage. Started after hospital discharge until 2 months corrected age.
OTHER	Usual Care	NICU usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2017-10-18
• Last updated: 2019-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain