TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of a tactile stimulation/range‐finding programme on the development of very low birth weight infants during initial hospitalization
AU - HELDERS, PAUL J.M.
AU - CATS, BERNARD P.
AU - VAN DER NET, JANJAAP
AU - DEBAST, SYLVIA B.
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - Summary During 1984 and 1985, after their referral to the intermediate care nursery, 51 healthy very low birth weight infants were subjected to a tactile stimulation programme imitating the spatial limitation which occurs towards the end of gestation. The sensory motor development of the study group was compared with the development of a control group during initial hospitalization. The study and control group differed significantly in the neonatal period after completion of the programme. The study group showed better auditive responses (P < 0.02), more variations in hand movements (P < 0.01), less hypotony (P < 0.02), more sucking (P < 0.02), and less bradycardia and apnoea (P < 0.01).
AB - Summary During 1984 and 1985, after their referral to the intermediate care nursery, 51 healthy very low birth weight infants were subjected to a tactile stimulation programme imitating the spatial limitation which occurs towards the end of gestation. The sensory motor development of the study group was compared with the development of a control group during initial hospitalization. The study and control group differed significantly in the neonatal period after completion of the programme. The study group showed better auditive responses (P < 0.02), more variations in hand movements (P < 0.01), less hypotony (P < 0.02), more sucking (P < 0.02), and less bradycardia and apnoea (P < 0.01).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1988.tb00586.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1988.tb00586.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 3228960
AN - SCOPUS:0023755587
SN - 0305-1862
VL - 14
SP - 341
EP - 354
JO - Child: Care, Health and Development
JF - Child: Care, Health and Development
IS - 5
ER -