STUDY REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PREMATURE BABY IN IASI - CASE STUDY

Abstract

Objectives: Assessment of the influence of the physical therapy treatment in premature children. Material and methods: The study included 10 preemies born in the city of Iasi, 6 boys and 4 girls who have participated in at least six months of rehabilitation treatment. The method used is a correlative method called "physical development diagnostic " to estimate the relationship between height and weight of a preemie from the age of 1 month. Results and Discussion: Media of the batch comprising boys in the study in terms of height and weight was 2345g and 44.2 cm and they are diagnosed as disharmonic with + weight. Average of the girls lot represented with weight at 2528g and height 45.5 cm resulting harmonic diagnosis with small indices. Average weight of the boys batch was 6988g, while the girls was 8187g. Average height of boys was 59.71 cm and 60.47cm of the girls. Thus the results of the tests from the age of 6 months for both girls and boys have diagnosed the as disharmonic with extra weight. Conclusions: The results of the tests confirmed that infants have a delayed physical development in terms of weight and height even after 6 months of recovery sessions.

Keywords

• harmonic physical development
• preemie
• Iași
• physical therapy;