TY - JOUR
T1 - Neonatal and Home-Based PT Improves Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants—A Randomized Clinical Trial
AU - Khurana, Sonia
AU - Lewis, Leslie E.
AU - Russell, Daniel M.
AU - Dusing, Stacey C.
AU - Krishna Rao, Bhamini
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Purpose: Investigate the effect of structured neonatal physical therapy program (SNP) on neurodevelopmental outcomes of moderate and late preterm (MLP) infants. Methods: Sixty MLP infants were randomly allocated to usual care (UC) or SNP. A previous publication reported the effect of neonatal component of SNP at hospital discharge. This paper examined SNP’s effect on motor, cognitive and language outcomes at 3 and 6 months using a 2-way mixed design ANOVA. Results: Both groups were similar at baseline for motor scores. Infants receiving SNP significantly outperformed UC at all subsequent time points. At 3 and 6 months, SNP significantly outscored UC in cognitive and language outcomes. Conclusion: SNP is effective in improving neurodevelopmental outcomes of MLP infants. However, caution is suggested in interpreting its effect on cognition and language as we lacked baseline scores to compare the longitudinal trajectory.
AB - Purpose: Investigate the effect of structured neonatal physical therapy program (SNP) on neurodevelopmental outcomes of moderate and late preterm (MLP) infants. Methods: Sixty MLP infants were randomly allocated to usual care (UC) or SNP. A previous publication reported the effect of neonatal component of SNP at hospital discharge. This paper examined SNP’s effect on motor, cognitive and language outcomes at 3 and 6 months using a 2-way mixed design ANOVA. Results: Both groups were similar at baseline for motor scores. Infants receiving SNP significantly outperformed UC at all subsequent time points. At 3 and 6 months, SNP significantly outscored UC in cognitive and language outcomes. Conclusion: SNP is effective in improving neurodevelopmental outcomes of MLP infants. However, caution is suggested in interpreting its effect on cognition and language as we lacked baseline scores to compare the longitudinal trajectory.
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U2 - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001181
DO - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001181
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85215831486
SN - 0898-5669
JO - Pediatric Physical Therapy
JF - Pediatric Physical Therapy
M1 - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001181
ER -