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The Effect of Cranial Osteopathy Intervention in Preterm Babies

Turkey (Türkiye)30 participantsStarted 2025-05-05

Plain-language summary

There are planing to have 2 groups of premature born cases. Each group will include 15 cases. Participants are need to be 28-37 weeks born and no older than post term 6 weeks. All cases are going to be evaluated. Home based exercise plan is going to be explained. The experimental group is going to take 6 osteopathic sessions weekly. After 6 weeks cases are going to be evaluated again.

Who can participate

Age range1 Week – 6 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Premature birth (\<37 weeks) * Corrected age \<6 weeks. * Discharged to home * Stable condition * Family agrees to continue home program Exclusion Criteria: * Having a congenital cyanotic heart problem, * Being born earlier than 28 weeks, * The family not accepting to participate in the study, * Neglecting check-ups and sessions, * Using a respiratory appliance, * Presence of craniosynostosis, * Being included in another physiotherapy program during the study period

What they're measuring

Test of Infant Motor Performance

Timeframe: 6 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06967870

SponsorAbant Izzet Baysal University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-08-28

Contact for this trial

Eylem Tütün Yümin, Professor

00905056763191 tutun_e@ibu.edu.tr

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