Effect of Tactile and Kinesthetic Stimulation on Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants
Effect of Tactile and Kinesthetic Stimulation on Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants
Two groups of preterm infants with birth weight equal to or less than 1500 grams will be
 studied. One group will receive the standard care and the other will receive standard care
 plus maternal special tactile stimulation. Gain of weight, length and head circumference,
 date of the beginning of enteral feedings, length of time to recover birth weight and age of
 hospital discharge will be recorded and compared between both groups.
Preterm infants birth weight equal or less than 1500 grams and gestational age equal or less
 than 32 weeks will be randomized in two groups: standard care that will receive the usual
 treatment applied to all infants admitted to our unit and a second groups that will receive
 standard care plus maternal tactile and kinesthetic stimuli that will be taught to the
 mothers. Randomization will be performed among those that accept to participate in the study.
 Growth (birth, length and head circumference), age of life to start receiving enteral
 feedings, length of hospital stay, time to recover birth weight will be recorded and compared
 between both groups.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Preterm newborns with birth weight equal to or less than 1500 grams and gestational
 age equal to or less than 32 weeks.

 -  Mother willing to participate in study.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Major congenital malformations

 -  Congenital infectious diseases

 -  Mother not willing to participate in study