The effect of massage on physical development, reflex state and motor development in preterm neonates
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- Conditions
- preterm neonate.Preterm delivery without spontaneous labour
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017012318945N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research of Semnan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
a Persian race; not admitted to neonatal intensive care unit during the investigation; there was no history of genetic disease; psychiatric and addiction in the mother; gestational age 32- 37 weeks and Apgar score in first and fifth minutes later than 7 in neonates.
Exclusion criteria: the need for medical interventions on neonates; the incidence of symptoms of skin disease and infectious disease in neonates; unstable and irregular heart rat; do not touch techniques work for at least two consecutive times and unwillingness to continue cooperation.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical development. Timepoint: Before intervention and after completion of fetal period (40 weeks gestation). Method of measurement: Antropometric measures.;Rerlex. Timepoint: Before intervention and after completion of fetal period (40 weeks gestation). Method of measurement: Brazelton test.;Motor development. Timepoint: After completion of fetal period (40 weeks gestation) and 4 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Peobody test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method