Bucket hydrokinesiotherapy in hospitalized preterm newborns: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To examine the effects of hydrokinesiotherapy in a bucket on physiological parameters and clinical outcomes of hospitalized preterm newborns.

Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 34 preterm newborns with low birth weight were randomly allocated into experimental (EG) or control (CG) groups and were assessed four times on two alternate days: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 15 min after the intervention, 30 min after post-intervention. On both days, between pre-and post-intervention, the EG underwent hydrokinesiotherapy in a bucket for 10 min and the CG only had the diaper changed.