Efficacy of physiotherapy treatment in term newborns who have difficulty breastfeeding

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Ankyloglossia; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001031752
• Lead Sponsor: Gemma Mª López Segura

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 186

Inclusion Criteria

1. Term newborns (between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation).
2. Both men and women will be selected.
3. Both normal delivery and cesarean section.
4. Infants who have a low score on the initial assessment scale and, therefore, a problem in breastfeeding.
5. The parents of the babies must authorize their participation in the clinical trial, as well as subjecting the baby to low-intervention physiotherapy treatment, signing said authorization in the Informed Consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Preterm, post-term and low birth weight newborns (less than 2,500 Kg).
2. Newborns who present pathology or have had problems during the immediate prenatal or postnatal period.
3. Patients who do not understand and are unable to fill in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
4. Mothers who trigger problems in the immediate postpartum period and, as a consequence, prevent them from being with the baby in the first hours after birth.
5. Patient who does not want and does not authorize to participate in the study, does not adequately understand the Spanish language.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified