Infant positioning for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants

Marcus Glenton Prescott; Milena Geist; Emma Olsson; Michelle Fiander; Roger F Soll; Matteo Bruschettini

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD016029

Infant positioning for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Dec 5;12(12):CD016029. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016029.

Authors

Marcus Glenton Prescott¹, Milena Geist^{2

3}, Emma Olsson^{4

5}, Michelle Fiander⁶, Roger F Soll⁷, Matteo Bruschettini^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
² Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology - IBE, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
³ Pettenkofer School of Public Health, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁶ Cochrane Neonatal Group, Halifax, Canada.
⁷ Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
⁸ Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Cochrane Sweden, Department of Research, Development, Education and Innovation, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of infant positioning, nesting, and swaddling for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants.

MeSH terms

Child Development
Humans
Infant Care* / methods
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature* / growth & development
Infant, Premature, Diseases / prevention & control
Patient Positioning* / adverse effects
Patient Positioning* / methods
Posture
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Systematic Reviews as Topic