Music has been consistently shown to reduce stress and increase weight gain in premature infants. The mechanism of this presumed improved metabolic efficiency is unknown. We aim to test the hypothesis that music by Mozart reduces energy expenditure in growing healthy preterm infants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
20
Each infant was randomized to receive music therapy or no music over 2 consecutive days
Department of Neonatology, Tel Aviv Medcil Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Energy Expenditure (EE)
Time frame: during measurment of EE
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