ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Importance of Rhythmic Stimulation for Preterm Infants in the NICU.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05978674 (The Effect of Rocking Bed on Comfort, Physiological Parameters and Cerebral Oxygenation Level of Preterm Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Rocking Bed on Comfort, Physiological Parameters and Cerebral Oxygenation Level of Preterm Infants: a Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Cycled light in the intensive care unit for preterm and low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Critical Review on the Development and Evolution of Beat Perception.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- Effects of Maternal Heartbeat Exposure on Neonatal Autonomic Regulation.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Article
- Humming and Homeostasis: Insights from Infants, Mothers, Mantras and Caregiving.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Music-based research in neonatal intensive care units requires guidelines grounded in developmental neurology and responsive to the individual needs of preterm infants.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of multisensory interventions initiated during NICU hospitalization on neurodevelopment in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- A developmental framework of interpersonal neural synchrony.Developmental review : DR · 2025Article
- The Rhythm of Connection: Describing the Heartbeats Intervention for Patients and Families Receiving Paediatric Palliative Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Vestibular stimulation for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- The impact of premature birth on auditory-visual processes in very preterm schoolchildren.NPJ science of learning · 2024Article
- Death from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2024Review
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- Neonatal Care Unit Interventions on Preterm Development.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Anthropo-Mechanical Cradles: A Multidisciplinary Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Skin-to-skin SDF positioning: The key to intersubjective intimacy between mother and very preterm newborn-A pilot matched-pair case-control study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The fetal environment provides the fetus with multiple potential sources of rhythmic stimulation that are not present in the NICU. Maternal breathing, heartbeats, walking, dancing, running, speaking, singing, etc., all bathe the fetus in an environment of varied rhythmic stimuli: vestibular, somatosensory, tactile, and auditory. In contrast, the NICU environment does not offer the same proportion of rhythmic stimulation. After analyzing the lack of rhythmic stimulation in the NICU, this review highlights the different proposals for vestibular and/or auditory rhythmic stimulation offered to preterm infants alone and with their parents. The focus is on the beneficial effects of auditory and vestibular stimulation involving both partners of the mother-infant dyad. A preliminary study on the influence of a skin-to-skin lullaby on the stability of maternal behavior and on the tonic emotional manifestations of the preterm infant is presented as an example. The review concludes with the importance of introducing rhythmic stimulations in the NICU.
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