Goal-directed training to the level of trunk control and reaching in preterm infants

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Infant Premature; Infant Extremely Premature; Child Development; Clinical Trial; M01.060.703.520.520; M01.060.703.520.520.500; F01.525.200; V03.175.250

• Registration Number: RBR-93hyn7
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Extreme preterm infants with hospital discharge and low birth weight; very preterm and preterm infants moderately and late with adequate weight for gestational age, between the 10th and ninety percentile in the growth curve; both genders; age between four and six months; perform at least one and at most three ranges for one minute at the home visit.

Exclusion Criteria

Infants who are born with gestational age equal to or greater than 37 weeks; congenital central nervous system; signs neurological; musculoskeletal; genetic syndromes or symptoms of withdrawal symptoms associated with maternal report of abuse of alcohol and drugs; congenital infections; sensory deficits; cardiopulmonary difficulties or whose mothers have submitted episode of eclampsia or preeclampsia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reaching performance: measured as the mean values of kinematics variables of reaching movement (movement duration,straightness index, deceleration time, number of movement unit, mean velocity, peak of velocity and trunk displacement)with a significance level of p <0.05 in the pre- and post-intervention measurements;Level of trunk control (Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control – SATCo): The score reflects the region in which the infant is able to maintain trunk control: score (1): head control, (2): upper thoracic, (3): mid thoracic, (4): lower thoracic, (5): upper lumbar, (6): lower lumbar (7): total trunk control, with a significance level of p <0.05 in the pre- and post-intervention measurements

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Categorical variables of reaching performance: the frequencies of uni/bimanual movements (proximal adjustments), hand opening/orientation and hand contact surface when the infant touches the object ( distal adjustments), and success of grasping object: measured by the frequency of reaches with object grasping, with a significance level of p <0.05 in the pre- and post-intervention measurements