Telerehabilitation for Preterm Infants

Implementation of Telerehabilitation Includes Neuromotor Assessment and Early Intervention for Preterm Infants

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and short-term effectiveness of early intervention delivered via telerehabilitation on the gross motor development of preterm infants.

The motor development of preterm infants will be assessed through video recordings. Based on these assessments and in collaboration with the parents, an intervention program will be developed. The parents will implement this intervention with their infants over a three-month period. Following this, motor development will be reassessed via video recordings.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between November 2021 and May 2024, all preterm infants with a corrected age of 3 to 5 months who were referred to the our Department were invited to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infants with genetic abnormalities, hospitalized infants, those with blindness or deafness, infants requiring respiratory support, and physiologically unstable infants were excluded from the study.
• Additionally, infants whose parents did not have the required technological equipment for telerehabilitation (mobile phone) or the skills to use it were not included in the study.
• Children with optimal MOS-R were excluded from the study