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Effects of Early Physiotherapy Program on the Infants in NICU
Led by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University · Updated on 2025-10-01
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
49 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
High-risk of Infants are defined as one with a history of negative environmental and biological factors that could lead to neuromotor developmental problems. This heterogeneous group encompasses premature babies born at less than 37 weeks, term babies with low birth weight (LBW), or babies with developmental delays due to various causes.Studies have highlighted that individual developmental care, family education, kangaroo care, and early physiotherapy approaches applied to at-risk infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) enhance infant development. However, further research is needed to determine the most effective interventions for infants who are more environmentally at risk and biologically vulnerable. Studies investigating the effectiveness of early intervention methods initiated in the NICU on the motor, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes of premature infants have highlighted that postural control interventions or physiotherapy consisting of developmental care programs implemented in the neonatal period improve motor development in the short term, but parent-implemented motor interventions are more effective in improving infants' cognitive and motor outcomes in the long term.The aim of this study is to examine the effects of family-based early physiotherapy approaches applied to at-risk infants in the NICU on motor, cognitive, language development and developmental outcomes at term age and in the long term (adjusted 3, 6, 9, 12 months).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effects of Early Physiotherapy Program on the Infants in NICU
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Newborns diagnosed with periventricular hemorrhage (PVH), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), cystic PVL, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), kernicterus, perinatal asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Newborns receiving oxygen or mechanical ventilation support
- Infants with a 5-minute Apgar score less than 3
- Infants born before 37 weeks of gestation
- Infants with a birth weight less than 1500 grams
- Infants born prematurely due to multiple births
You will not qualify if you...
- Newborns with congenital malformations such as spina bifida, congenital muscular torticollis, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
- Babies diagnosed with metabolic or genetic diseases such as Down syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University
Kahramanmaraş, Onikişubet, Turkey (Türkiye), 46100
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Research Team
H
hatice adıgüzel tat, Associate Proffessor
CONTACT
H
hatice Adiguzel tat, Associate Proffessor
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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