NCT03704012

Efficacy of Massage Applied by the Parents in Hospitalized Premature Birth (PreMas)

Assessment of the Efficacy of Massage and Kinesiotherapy Applied by the Parents on the Biological State, Neuromotor Activity and Other Associated Factors in Hospitalized Premature Birth (PreMas)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 143 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de León · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 26 Weeks – 37 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to analyze the efficacy of massage therapy and kinesiotherapy, applied by the parents of hospitalized preterm infants, in the improvement of the biological state, neuromotor activity and other associated factors.

Detailed description

Premature infants are prematurely deprived of the cutaneous stimulation provided during intrauterine development and of the continuous contact with their parents. It has and adverse effect on both psychological and biological development of the child. Knowledge of these factors has led many neonatal units to begin to introduce therapeutic massage protocols to facilitating satisfactory neuromotor and anthropometric development of preterm infants. In this study, premature newborns were assigned to one of two groups: A: Control Group. B: Massage and kinesiotherapy Group, 15 minutes twice a day.

Conditions

• Massage
• Premature Infant
• Premature Birth
• Preterm Infant

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Protocol of massage therapy and kinesiotherapy	Infants received massage and kinesiotherapy, applied by parents, twice a day; 15 minutes each.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-02
• Completion: 2015-12-30
• First posted: 2018-10-12
• Last updated: 2018-10-12