Self Regulated Physical Activity and Bone Growth Enhancement in Premature Infants

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Conditions studied: Prematurity, VLBW - Very Low Birth Weight Infant

In brief

Premature very low birth weight (VLBW) infants were placed in two groups matched for birth age. The control group received traditional joint compression exercises designed to decrease bone density loss. Exercises lasted approximately 10 minutes each day 5 days a week. The experimental group were placed in a "prepod", an elastic fabric pod shaped garment or sack on entry into the study and remained in the pod essentially 24 hours a day, with brief breaks for bathing, parental skin to skin experiences,etc. An ultrasound of the left tibia was done on entrance into the study at 31 to 32 weeks gestation and again at completion of the study 4 weeks later. Results showed that experimental infants in pods had slightly less bone density loss than their peers receiving traditional therapy. An incidental finding was that the experimental infants in pods had a significantly shorter length of stay.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03884322
Run by
Asante Health System
People needed
54
Starts
2013-10-21
Expected to finish
2018-03-30
Last updated by the study team
2019-03-21

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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