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The Effect of Physical Therapy Intervention on Motor Performance in Bhutanese Preterm Infants

Bhutan28 participantsStarted 2023-10

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to assess if physical therapy intervention works well to improve motor performance in Bhutanese preterm infants.The main question the study aims to answer is: Will physical therapy intervention improve the motor performance of preterm infants at 3 months of corrected age when compared to the preterm infants receiving standard care of parental education? In this study the motor performance of the preterm infants receiving physical therapy intervention and standard care will be compared.

Who can participate

Age range28 Weeks – 34 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Infants born between 28 -34 weeks of gestation * Medically stable and off ventilator at the time of discharge from the hospital * Parents who consent to come for follow up Exclusion Criteria: * Cortical blindness or retinopathy of prematurity causing blindness * Musculoskeletal/congenital abnormalities * Brain injuries including intra-ventricular hemorrhage (grade 3 and above), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and hydrocephalus * Genetic syndrome * Family who do not consent * Parent with physical and psychological problems * Infants with medical devices such as NG tube and gastrostomy * Infants who have undergone major surgery

What they're measuring

Compare the motor performance using Test for Infant Motor Performance(TIMP)

Timeframe: 40 weeks, 1, 2, and 3 months of corrected age

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06109350

SponsorJDWNRH

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-06

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