Study Finds Gentle Vibration Therapy Can Alleviate Apnea in Preterm Infants

Newswise — BOSTON – Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found that a vibration-based therapy known as stochastic resonance (SR) stimulation can successfully treat preterm infants experiencing apnea of prematurity (AOP), disrupted breathing, bradycardia (slowed heart rate) and oxygen desaturation (diminished oxygen levels).

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