Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of the Additional Weight on the Reaching Behavior of Pre Term Infants With Low Birth Weight
Lead Sponsor:
University of Brasilia
Conditions:
Preterm Infant
Infant Development
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-7 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The effects of additional weight on early motor skills of infants have been increasingly studied. During the reaching behavior, the additional weight has been shown benefits in certain kinematic varia...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adequate weight infants: healthy infants born with gestational age between 38-42 weeks and adequate birth weight (\> 2500 grams);
- Low weight infants: healthy infants born with gestational age between 32-36 weeks and 6 days and with low birth weight (between 1500 and 2500 grams).
Exclusion
- Anoxiated infants;
- Signs of neurological impairment (eg, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathies grade I, II and III, intracranial hemorrhage and neonatal seizures);
- Congenital malformations (eg myelomeningocele and achondroplasias);
- Syndromes (e.g Down Syndrome);
- Sensorial alterations (visual and auditory);
- Cardiorespiratory difficulties;
- Orthopedic impairments (e.g, congenital clubfoot);
- Apgar below 8 and 10 in the first and fifth minutes, respectively.
- Infants who do not attend any of the evaluations, who do not complete at least 80% of the training or who cry uncontrollably, not allowing at least 10 reachings in the evaluations and training. Those that present intercurrences that may compromise normal neurosensorimotor development (for example, recurrent pneumonia, kidney and intestinal infection).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 12 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 15 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
66 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03405181
Start Date
January 12 2018
End Date
September 15 2018
Last Update
February 25 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Campus UnB Ceilandia
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, 72220-275