| Effect of therapeutic touch on brain activation of preterm infants in response to sensory punctate stimulus: a near-infrared spectroscopy-based study. | |
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PMID: 22820486 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine whether therapeutic touch in preterm infants can ameliorate their sensory punctate stimulus response in terms of brain activation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy.MethodsThe study included 10 preterm infants at 34-40 weeks' corrected age. Oxyhaemoglobin (Oxy-Hb) concentration, heart rate (HR), arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) and body movements were recorded during low-intensity sensory punctate stimulation for 1 s with and without therapeutic touch by a neonatal development specialist nurse. Each stimulation was followed by a resting phase of 30 s. All measurements were performed with the infants asleep in the prone position.Resultssensory punctate stimulus exposure significantly increased the oxy-Hb concentration but did not affect HR, SaO(2) and body movements. The infants receiving therapeutic touch had significantly decreased oxy-Hb concentrations over time.ConclusionsTherapeutic touch in preterm infants can ameliorate their sensory punctate stimulus response in terms of brain activation, indicated by increased cerebral oxygenation. Therefore, therapeutic touch may have a protective effect on the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow during sensory punctate stimulus in neonates. |
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Noritsugu Honda; Shohei Ohgi; Norihisa Wada; Kek Khee Loo; Yuji Higashimoto; Kanji Fukuda |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-21 |
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Title: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition Volume: - ISSN: 1468-2052 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9501297 Medline TA: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1Department of Rehabilitation, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan. |
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