Acute Effects of Neonatal Hydrokinesiotherapy in Newborn Preterm Hospitalized

This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of neonatal hydrokinesiotherapy in reducing stress in newborn preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Salivary cortisol samples were collected, pain applying the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Scale (NIPS), heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation before and after hydrotherapy.

Newborns have the neurological maturity to perceive pain, including preterm. In the environment of the neonatal intensive care unit newborns are subject to environmental stress and numerous painful interventions. Based on the physiological properties of water, it is known that the hydrotherapy promotes comfort, reduces stress, and as a resource for treatment of various diseases. This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of neonatal hydrokinesiotherapy in reducing stress in newborn preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Salivary cortisol samples, pain applying the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Scale, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation were collected before and after hydrokinesiotherapy

physical therapy technique used in a plastic bucket approved by ANVISA , with water temperature monitored at 37 ° C, water level up to the shoulders and by the physical properties of water, was allowed to mobilize the newborn facilitating the feeling of relaxation and standard suitable movement.

Acute effects of peripheral oxygen saturation after hydrokinesiotherapy in newborns preterm hospitalized

Inclusion Criteria: gestational age above 37 weeks clinically stable without ventilatory support Exclusion Criteria: access deep below the shoulders umbilical catheterization neurological and cardiac disorders clinically unstable

de Oliveira Tobinaga WC, de Lima Marinho C, Abelenda VL, de Sa PM, Lopes AJ. Short-Term Effects of Hydrokinesiotherapy in Hospitalized Preterm Newborns. Rehabil Res Pract. 2016;2016:9285056. doi: 10.1155/2016/9285056. Epub 2016 Sep 8.