Trial reportNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2019
The role of the family in early intervention of preterm infants with abnormal general movements.
Trial report in Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Early interventions with parental participation and their implications on the neurodevelopment of premature children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of family integrated care on the prognosis of premature infants.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of Early Physiotherapy Interventions with Guided Parental Involvement on Motor Development in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2026Review
- Early Intervention Including an Active Motor Component in Preterms with Varying Risks for Neuromotor Delay: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Family-Centered Model and mHealth Through Early Intervention in Rural Populations: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Parent-Based Support Programs on Neurodevelopmental Prognosis: Second-Year Results from a Newly Established Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Unit in a Tertiary Hospital.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Movement Imitation Therapy for Preterm Babies (MIT-PB): a Novel Approach to Improve the Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Infants at High-Risk for Cerebral Palsy.Journal of developmental and physical disabilities · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effect of family-based intervention on motor function in preterm infants.
methodsThis study was designed as a randomized controlled trial between August 2015 and September 2016. Forty-two preterm infants were randomized and split equally between the family-based intervention group, composed of a physiotherapeutic and a familial component (8 males, 8 females; mean age 91+/-3.09 days), and the traditional early intervention group (8 females, 8 males, mean age: 91.06+/-2.4 days). Both groups received a treatment program based on a neurodevelopmental approach during 3- to 12-months-old. The groups were evaluated at corrected ages of the third, sixth, ninth, twelfth, and 24th months using the Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III).
resultsWithin-group changes over time were statistically significant using multivariate tests of fine motor (Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA); F=1515.27, p less than 0.001) and gross motor (MANOVA; F=1950.59, p=0.001) development. However, there was no interaction between groups in fine (MANOVA; F=0.027, p=0.872) and gross motor development (MANOVA; F=0.022, p=0.883).
conclusionThe early intervention approaches might support fine and gross motor function development in preterm infants in the first year of life.
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