Physiotherapy intervention to improve motor co-ordination, postural stability and behaviour in pre-school children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight: a randomised controlled trial.

Assoc Prof Peter Gray0 个研究点目标入组 56 人开始时间: 2013年8月27日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

试验速览

暂无简介。

•The participants will have been born less than 1000g or less than 28 weeks gestational age and will have been managed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Mater Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Children will be aged 4-4.5 years corrected for prematurity when commencing involvement in the study and will not have started their preparatory (prep) year of schooling.
•Included children will have attended their 4 year (corrected age) Growth and Development Clinic follow-up assessment and will have a score from the Neurosensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA) of 9 to <13 and an IQ of >70 on the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales. Children will also live within one hour of travel time to the Mater Hospitals.

•Children with significant congenital anomalies, diagnosed neurological impairments including cerebral palsy, a visual impairment not corrected by wearing corrective lenses or a hearing impairment not corrected by aids will be excluded from the study. Additionally, children will not participate if their parents/carers do not speak English, as delivery of the program including follow-up telephone calls would not be practical. Children of families who identify that they would not be able to commit to attending a 6 week physiotherapy program and returning for follow-up assessments will also be excluded.

发起方

Assoc Prof Peter Gray