Benefits of inserting the physical therapist on the profile of low-risk premature infants admitted to an intensive care unit

ABSTRACT This study aims to describe the benefits of inserting the physical therapist on the profile of low-risk premature infants in neonatal intensive care units. This is a retrospective control study, with consultation to the medical records of premature infants admitted in 2006/2007 without physical therapy (PREP) and in 2009/2010 with physical therapy for up to 8h/day (POSTP). 61 preterm infants in the PREP period and 93 in the POSTP were included, born with ≥1000g, SNAP-PE II