This lecture will cover the latest evidence to improve motor and cognitive outcomes for children born preterm from the neonatal intensive care up to early childhood including an update from the latest Cochrane review in the field, along with current trials that are underway.
The implications of research findings for clinical practice including implementation of follow-up programs and intervention in the community will be discussed.
Alicia Spittle, APAM, is a paediatric physiotherapist and international leader in early detection of motor impairments and early intervention for infants at high risk of developmental impairments including those born preterm.
Alicia works clinically in the neonatal intensive care unit and follow-up clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne and is a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, along with holding an honorary research fellow position at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
Paediatric National Group
19/08/2024
2.0 hours
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