Rebalancing Thoraco Abdominal Heart Disease in Infants (RTAC)

University of the State of Santa Catarina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Techniques; Respiratory Therapy; Infants With Heart Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Thoracoabdominal rebalancing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01255176

AEMFRTALC2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

It gave a clinical trial which will be included in the 60 infants, aged up to 24 months, diagnosed with congenital's population will be divided by simple randomization into three groups: 20 infants in the intervention group, 20 infants in the control group, not receive the RTA technique and another 20 infants in a placebo group, we just get the support manual therapist for 5 minutes. Initially the data will be collected cardio heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation. Then the researcher will apply three specific rating scales, based on clinical presentation and behavior of infants. Hypothesis: The RTA improves cardiorespiratory parameters and reduces signs of discomfort and pain of infants with congenital heart acyanogenic.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 24 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newborns admitted to the nursery without ventilatory support or oxygen therapy, and whose parents agree with the child's participation in the study. Will be excluded newborns who have some problems during any of the study procedures and those whose condition will change after the intervention, with shift in ventilatory support or oxygen therapy.

Exclusion criteria

• In case of inability to collect some of the parameters evaluated at the appropriate time, the RN also will no longer part of the sample, as well as those who show no contraindication to therapy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

placebo group

No Intervention group

Description:

not receive physical therapy intervention, there will only support the achievement of a handbook on the abdomen of the baby.

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

not receive any type of intervention, and infants remain at rest

Thoracoabdominal rebalancing

Experimental group

Description:

infants who receive physical therapy through the application of the handlings of the RTA.

Treatment:

Procedure: Thoracoabdominal rebalancing