The Importance of Rhythmic Stimulation for Preterm Infants in the NICU

Provasi, Joëlle; Blanc, Loreline; Carchon, Isabelle

doi:10.3390/children8080660

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“…14 Adequate maternal guidance and motivation to provide in utero environment and appropriate stimulation can benefit the newborn admitted to NICU facing stress related to it. 15 The many components of supportive care for preterm must be actively taken into account while developing comprehensive developmental support interventions. It is necessary to perform further study to develop initiatives that directly assist families of premature infants.…”

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Maternal Participation in Sensory Care of Preemies: A Pilot Study Examining the Effect on Neonatal Outcome in NICU

Lobo¹,

Mendonca²

2023

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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Background Hospitalization with specialized medical care and equipment in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can help preterm infants survive and thrive; negatively it can lead to separation from the mother with an impact on their growth and behavior. It is critical to assess the interventions that are more beneficial for their development at this particular period. The study's objective was to examine the effectiveness of maternal-directed multisensory stimulation in premature neonates admitted to NICU on neonatal outcomes. Methods A pilot, quasi-experimental research was designed where 31mother-preterm newborn dyads were enrolled in the intervention and control group, respectively, using a purposive sampling technique. The study included medically stable preterm neonates admitted to NICU between 30 and 36 weeks of gestation weighing 1 to 2.5kg. The preterm in the study group was given ATVV (Auditory, Tactile, Vestibular, and Visual) stimulation for 10 days by the mother, whereas the preterm in the comparison group received the standard treatment. The neonatal outcomes evaluated were weight, physiological parameters, and behavioral assessment of preterm neonates. Results Preterm newborns who received the intervention scored significantly better than the comparison group on the parameters of heart and respiratory rate, blood oxygen levels, weight, and preterm assessment behavior between the 7th and 10th day of the intervention that suggests the effectiveness of the intervention in improving these parameters of preterm newborns. Conclusion Maternal guidance and participation in the care of a preterm newborn have a beneficial neonatal outcome in stabilizing the physiological parameters, and improving the weight and preterm infant behavioral characteristics.

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Maternal Participation in Sensory Care of Preemies: A Pilot Study Examining the Effect on Neonatal Outcome in NICU

Lobo¹,

Mendonca²

2023

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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“…Accidental stimulation leads to an emotional disturbance in the child. Rhythmic stimuli allow for the synchronization of rhythms, leading to the facilitation of selective attention and the learning of perception [ 73 ]. At the time of birth, significant environmental changes occur, differing from what life has been in the womb of the baby’s mother.…”

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Anthropo-Mechanical Cradles: A Multidisciplinary Review

Sydor

Pop

Jasinska

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Domestic cradles are beds that are movable but non-mobile for babies up to five months of age. The “anthropo-mechanical” cradle simulates the physiological movement of the human body. The article reviews scientific literature discussing the impacts of swinging on infants, provides classifications of all currently used cradles due to how the child moves, and briefly describes modern technologies within cradle automation. This made it possible to calculate and propose safe motion parameters within mechatronic cradles. The main conclusions of the article are as follows: (1) the scientific literature reports the beneficial effects of harmonic movement on a child, (2) motion analyses substantiating the classifications of all cradles into six types (tilting, yawing, hammock, Sarong, swing, and surging cradle; the classification criterion included the nature of the cradle movement in relation to the planes and anatomical axes of the child’s body), (3) modern technologies allowing for the use of movement with thoughtful parameters, thus, safer for a child, (4) movement within the parameters similar to the motion and speed passively performed by the child in the womb while a mother is walking was considered beneficial and safe, and (5) the use of advanced technology allows for the possibility to devise and create an automatic mechatronic cradle with a child-safe motion. Future innovative anthropo-mechanical cradles that follow physiological human motion parameters can be used safely, with a vertical amplitude ranging from −13 to + 15 mm and a frequency of up to 2 Hz.

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“…Attachment development requires synchronous interactions in which both the parent and the preterm newborn are sensitive to one another. When evaluating the preterm infant's behavioral states, the mother's different sensory and rhythmic interventions have beneficial effects on development [ 10 ].…”

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Promoting Survival and Primitive Reflexes to Prevent Brain Imbalance in Premature Infants: A Scoping Review of New Insights by Physiotherapists on Developmental Disorders

Harjpal,

Kovela,

Qureshi

2023

Cureus

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Survival reflexes, originating from the brainstem, are involuntary motor responses that are present at birth and facilitate the survival of the neonate. The age of the baby is critical enough to give information about the maturation of these reflexes. In the case of preterm babies, the delayed maturity of these reflexes may pose a threat to the life of the newborn. One can perceive what the baby can feel, taste, smell, see, and hear through reflex maturation. The objective was to identify and understand the role of survival reflexes and primitive reflexes and their importance in premature children. PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ProQuest, The Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science were the electronic databases used from January 2017 until November 2022. We included the original articles, reviews, and randomized clinical trials that focused on the importance of survival reflexes. Later on, all the articles were systematically arranged as per the information they provided, and 101 titles were selected, of which 32 met the inclusion criteria. Various articles were written regarding the present literature about primitive reflexes, but none promoted them in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This review is regarding the use of survival reflexes to improve the outcomes of neonates, specifically in the NICU. Simple interactions with the environment are made possible by primitive reflexes, which also serve as the foundation for early movement. This review presents a better understanding of the maturation of survival reflexes and primitive reflexes and provides further insight into how a physiotherapist can concentrate on the early identification and development of these reflexes to prevent further complications. Assessing the primitive reflex in the NICU will help in the early identification of developmental delay and further help us predict reflex maturation. Promoting them will provide positive outcomes in terms of neonatal development. A physiotherapist can play a vital role starting from the NICU to get the baby into an environment similar to the mother’s womb and therapy to get the early maturation of the reflex.

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The Importance of Rhythmic Stimulation for Preterm Infants in the NICU

Cited by 16 publications

References 119 publications

Maternal Participation in Sensory Care of Preemies: A Pilot Study Examining the Effect on Neonatal Outcome in NICU

Maternal Participation in Sensory Care of Preemies: A Pilot Study Examining the Effect on Neonatal Outcome in NICU

Anthropo-Mechanical Cradles: A Multidisciplinary Review

Promoting Survival and Primitive Reflexes to Prevent Brain Imbalance in Premature Infants: A Scoping Review of New Insights by Physiotherapists on Developmental Disorders

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