Treino materno para estimulação domiciliar sugere melhora no desenvolvimento motor de prematuros

• Main Authors: Danielle Mendonça Araujo, Mariane Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Paula Espíndula
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2015-01-01
• Series: ConScientiae Saúde
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92943569005

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the motor development of newborn babies with one month of chronological age and compare with the development in the first and third months of corrected age, after maternal training of home stimulation. Methods: We selected six infants born with 33,6 weeks in average, average weight of 1853 g and APGAR ≥ 7 in the fifth minute. The training was performed in five meetings and a book was used to help with home stimulation. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale was used to evaluate development. Results: Lower scores in the scale were observed at the chronological age, evidencing the necessity of age correction. An improvement in the score was observed at the first month of corrected age and it was maintained at the third month. Conclusion: The proposed methodology suggests a tendency to improve motor development of premature infants whose mother performs the premature home stimulation and this may be another thera - peutic strategy used by professionals.