Effect of Vestibular Stimulation on motor performance and behavior of premature infants admitted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: preterm infants.

Registration Number: IRCT20200809048338N1

Lead Sponsor: niversity of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Parents' desire for their infants to participate in the study.
Fetal age is 34 weeks of gestation or less.
Living in Tehran province.

Exclusion Criteria

Neonates who need surgery during hospitalization.
Neonates with hydrocephalus.
Neonates with moderate to severe brain damage, such as grade III to IV interventricular hemorrhage.
Neonates with grade III or higher premature retinopathy.
Neonates with untouchable skin.
Neonates with severe respiratory problems (require FiO2 above 75%).
Neonates with severe congenital anomalies.
Neonates with tachycardia (rapid heartbeat) and bradycardia (slow heartbeat).
Neonates who look unstable.
Multiple pregnancy.
Existence of physical and psychological illness of the mother that has created a disability for the mother.
Mother with a history of HIV.
Existence of symptoms of infant syndrome.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Motor performance. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the start of the study) and one week after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: How to measure motor performance is the Test of Infant Motor performance.;Behavior. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the start of the study) and one week after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: How to measure the neonate's behavior will be through the Nidcap test.

Secondary Outcome Measures