Manzotti et al reported a neonatal assessment called NAME that included evaluation based on light touch. The authors are from V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Istituto Osteopatio Milano and Foundation COME Collaboration.
Patient selection: neonate in the NICU
Parameters:
(1) visual analogue scale (VAS) from 1 (very poor) to 9 (very good)
(2) compliance by static light touch (whether the body changes by a volume according to the mechanical stimuli applied)
(3) homogeneity of compliance at multiple body sites (whether the response to the mechanical stimuli is the same throughout the body)
VAS
Compliance
Homogeneity
Category
7 to 9
present
present
good
4 to 6
present
absent
marginal
4 to 6
absent
present
marginal
1 to 3
absent
absent
bad
Performance:
• The score is subjective and interrater variability would be expected.
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