Effect of physical therapy on bone remodelling in preterm infants: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm infants have a low level of bone mineralization compared to those born at term, since 80% of calcium incorporation occurs at the end of pregnancy. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of reflex locomotion therapy on bone modeling and growth in preterm infants and to compare its effect with those of other Physiotherapy modalities.

Methods

A multicentre randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted (02/2016 - 07/2020). 106 preterm infants born at the Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital, the General University Hospital of Elche and the Torrecárdenas University Hospital of Almería, between 26 and 34 weeks with hemodynamic stability, complete enteral nutrition and without any metabolic, congenital, genetic, neurolog

SUBMITTER: Torro-Ferrero G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9229521 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature