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dc.contributor.authorFjørtoft, Toril Synnøve Larsson
dc.contributor.authorUstad, Tordis
dc.contributor.authorKaaresen, Per Ivar
dc.contributor.authorØberg, Gunn Kristin
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-01T07:16:35Z
dc.date.available2018-08-01T07:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-30
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background</i>: Studies of preterm and term-born infants have shown absent fidgety movements and an abnormal movement character to be related to brain lesions and unfavourable neurological outcomes.</p> <p><i>Aims</i>: The present study examines what effect a parent-administered early intervention program applied to preterm infants in a randomised control trial (RCT) between 34 and 36 weeks gestational age has on their fidgety movements and overall movement character at three months of age.</p> <p><i>Study design</i>: The study was part of the RCT in an early intervention programme including preterm infants born between 2010 and 2014 at three Norwegian university hospitals.</p> <p><i>Subjects</i>: 130 preterm infants participated in the study, with 59 of them in the control group and 71 in the intervention group.</p> <p><i>Outcome measures</i>: Fidgety movements and overall movement character at three months corrected age.</p> <p><i>Results</i>: No difference was found between the intervention group and the control group in terms of fidgety movements or movement character. Approximately half of the infants in both groups showed an abnormal movement character.</p> <p><i>Conclusion</i>: No evidence was found in this RCT to suggest that an intervention at 34 to 37 weeks gestational age has a significant effect on the fidgety movements or overall movement character of preterm infants. This is in line with the assumption that absent fidgety movements and an abnormal movement character are due to permanent brain injury and are therefore good predictors for later neurological impairments.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSt. Olav's Hospital Trondheim University Hospital The Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapyen_US
dc.descriptionSubmitted manuscript version. Published version available at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.06.008> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.06.008</a>. Accepted manuscript version, licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationFjørtoft, T.S.L., Ustad, T., Follestad, T., Kaaresen, P.I. & Øberg, G.K. (2017). Does a parent-administrated early motor intervention influence general movements and movement character at 3 months of age in infants born preterm?. Early Human Development, 112, 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.06.008en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1498782
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.06.008
dc.identifier.issn0378-3782
dc.identifier.issn1872-6232
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13319
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEarly Human Development
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Pediatri: 760en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Pediatrics: 760en_US
dc.subjectPreterm-born infantsen_US
dc.subjectRandomised Control Trial (RCT)en_US
dc.subjectParent-administered early interventionen_US
dc.subjectGeneral movementsen_US
dc.titleDoes a parent-administrated early motor intervention influence general movements and movement character at 3 months of age in infants born preterm?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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