Background Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) is used during gavage feeding and in the
transition from gavage to breast/bottle feeding in preterm infants to improve the development …

Purpose To conduct an evidence-based systematic review and provide an estimate of the
effects of oral motor interventions (OMIs) on feeding/swallowing outcomes (both …

Purpose: Preterm infants frequently experience oral feeding difficulties due to
underdeveloped oral motor skills and the lack of coordination of sucking, swallowing, and …

To assess if sensory-motor-oral stimulation and non-nutritive sucking gavage feeding
enhances the oral feeding performance of preterm infants born between 26 and 32 weeks of …

Neurodevelopmental care, which is any NICU intervention undertaken to improve
neurodevelopmental outcome, includes NICU design, nursing routines, nursing care plans …

This study compared the effects of oral stimulation with those of oral support on non‐nutritive
sucking and feeding parameters in preterm infants. Preterm infants (23 males, 20 females) …

Most children learn to eat naturally; however, when this process is disrupted, children may
not get the calories and nutrients needed to sustain appropriate growth and nutritional …

Artificial methods of infant feeding, ranging from pap bowls, feeding horns, cups with lips,
and spouts and bottles have existed since pre-historic times.'Though many of thesefeeding …

Aim and objective. This research aimed to assess the effect of giving pacifiers to premature
infants and making them listen to lullabies on the transition period to total oral feeding, their …

Pacifiers are widely used in many developing countries. Although their use is not
recommended for breastfeeding infants, there have been no published reports on the …