Sensory Motor Interventions on Preterm Infants

NCT06263127 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2024-02-16

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Summary

Preterm infants experiencing bottle feeding difficulties will be included in this study. Two distinct interventions, oral stimulation (OS) and infant massage (IM), will be administered in this study. The objective of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of these two approaches, either individually or in combination, in improving the feeding performance and development of participants.

Conditions

  • Preterm Infants

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

oral stimulation

Prefeeding OS is a 5-minute oral sensorimotor intervention, containing peri- and intra-oral stimulation for 3 minutes and pacifier sucking for 2 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

infants massage

IM is a 15-minute intervention, involving 5-min manual stroking on the infant's head, neck, back, upper limbs, and lower limbs twice and 5-min gentle flexion and extension exercises on the infant's arms and legs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
34 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-20
Primary Completion
2026-01-10
Completion
2026-01-10

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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