1999
DOI: 10.1097/00001577-199901130-00002
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Practice Guidelines for the Physical Therapist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

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“…OTs were the only discipline to address components of development aimed at optimizing occupational participation for infants born premature including upper extremity functioning, visual development, head control, and non-nutritive sucking. PTs aimed to optimize movement, addressing functional motor skills, gross motor skills, and stretching 47 . SLPs were the only discipline to address swallowing performance in preterm infants.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…OTs were the only discipline to address components of development aimed at optimizing occupational participation for infants born premature including upper extremity functioning, visual development, head control, and non-nutritive sucking. PTs aimed to optimize movement, addressing functional motor skills, gross motor skills, and stretching 47 . SLPs were the only discipline to address swallowing performance in preterm infants.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fact that there was no special training for examiner 2, suggests that a therapist with general skills in measuring range of motion can achieve reliability with this goniometric measure and minimal practice. This does not mean someone without experience in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit should provide services in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Sweeney, Heriza, Reilly, Smith, & VanSant, 1999). Rather, the results indicate that exten-sive training is not necessary to achieve reliability for the measurement of muscle extensibility.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…In the realm of physical therapy, the care of a neonate is considered to be a highly specialized area of pediatric practice appropriate only for physical therapists who have undergone specific training for this population (Sweeney, Heriza, Reilly, Smith, & VanSant, 1999). Sweeney et al state that because of the ongoing examination, interpretation, and implementation required for treating a neonate, it is inappropriate for physical therapy assistants and aides to handle them.…”
Section: Therapeutic Context Of the Nicu: Who Cares For These Babies mentioning
confidence: 99%