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Mbada CE, Adebayo OS, Olaogun MO, et al. Infant-carrying techniques: Which is a preferred mother-friendly method?. Health Care Women Int. 2019;1-14doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915.
Mbada, C. E., Adebayo, O. S., Olaogun, M. O., Johnson, O. E., Ogundele, A. O., Ojukwu, C. P., Akinwande, O. A., & Makinde, M. O. (2019). Infant-carrying techniques: Which is a preferred mother-friendly method?. Health care for women international, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915
Mbada, Chidozie Emmanuel, et al. "Infant-carrying techniques: Which is a preferred mother-friendly method?." Health care for women international vol. (2019): 1-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915
Mbada CE, Adebayo OS, Olaogun MO, Johnson OE, Ogundele AO, Ojukwu CP, Akinwande OA, Makinde MO. Infant-carrying techniques: Which is a preferred mother-friendly method?. Health Care Women Int. 2019 Aug 22;1-14. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915. Epub 2019 Aug 22. PMID: 31437102.
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Health Care Women Int. 2019 Aug 22;1-14. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Infant-carrying techniques: Which is a preferred mother-friendly method?.

Health care for women international

Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Owanike Shakirat Adebayo, Matthew Olatokunbo Olaogun, Olubusola Esther Johnson, Abiola Ogundele Ogundele, Chidiebele Petronilla Ojukwu, Olabisi Akinwande Akinwande, Moses Oluwatosin Makinde

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medical Rehabilitation, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife , Nigeria.
  2. Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex , Ile-Ife , Nigeria.
  3. Department of Medical Rehabilitation, College of Health Sciences, University of Nigeria , Enugu Campus , Enugu , Nigeria.
  4. Physiotherapy Department, University College Hospital , Ibadan , Nigeria.

PMID: 31437102 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1615915

Abstract

Infant carrying is still trendy among African mothers than in other climes, however, carrying techniques vary mostly along cultural divides. Using a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, the authors evaluated the effect of three types of infant-carrying techniques on cardiopulmonary function, metabolic expenditure, fatigue demand, and locomotion. Front wrap infant-carrying technique led to a marginally higher cardiopulmonary demand. Hip sling technique resulted in greater metabolic expenditure and oxygen consumption with high rate of perceived exertion, while back wrap technique did not significantly decrease locomotion parameters. The authors recommend back wrap infant carrying technique based on its slightly lower effects on cardiopulmonary function, metabolic expenditure, fatigue demand, and locomotion.

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