Combining Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention and Kinesiotaping to Improve Feeding Performance in Premature Infants: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Ehsan Naderifar; Leila Ghelichi; Reza Salehi; Maryam Tarameshlu; Arash Bordbar; Negin Moradi; Brenda Lessen Knoll

doi:10.1080/01942638.2026.2638426

Combining Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention and Kinesiotaping to Improve Feeding Performance in Premature Infants: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Ehsan Naderifar
, Leila Ghelichi
, Reza Salehi
, Maryam Tarameshlu
, Arash Bordbar
, Negin Moradi
, Brenda Lessen Knoll

Illinois Wesleyan University

Research output: Journal Article › Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1047-1064
Number of pages	18
Journal	Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Volume	46
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2026.2638426
State	Published - 2026

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Occupational Therapy

Keywords

Feeding difficulties
PIOMI
kinesiotaping
neonatal intensive care unit
oral motor intervention
premature infant
randomized controlled trial

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Naderifar, E., Ghelichi, L., Salehi, R., Tarameshlu, M., Bordbar, A., Moradi, N., & Lessen Knoll, B. (2026). Combining Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention and Kinesiotaping to Improve Feeding Performance in Premature Infants: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 46(5), 1047-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2026.2638426

Naderifar, E, Ghelichi, L, Salehi, R, Tarameshlu, M, Bordbar, A, Moradi, N & Lessen Knoll, B 2026, 'Combining Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention and Kinesiotaping to Improve Feeding Performance in Premature Infants: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial', Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1047-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2026.2638426

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