Non-nutritive sucking includes the use of a dummy; mother's drained breast (after expressing); a gloved finger from a care-giver
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It seems that the non-nutritive sucking in pre -tube feeding premature neonates is more effective than post tube feeding.
Pre-feeding NNS can improve gastric motility in the preterm infant. It also modulates state control and decreases apneic and/or bradycardic events. I refer you to the linked article and many of the citations referenced therein.
The article below addresses gastric motility.
Abbasi, S., Sivieri, E., Samuel-Collins, N., et al. (2008). Effect of non-nutritive sucking on gastric motility of preterm infants. Abstract for Pediatric Academic Society, 5840.22.
http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/article/carefully-evaluate-nicu-modality.aspx?CP=2
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