Background: Muscular system’s structural immaturity in preterm infants also leads to decreased muscle force production against gravity. This results in floppy & weak muscles in neonatal period affecting motor development. Methodology: Amieltison angles were measured before the starting & at the end of the study ie. both Pretest & post-test at one month of corrected age. Infants were followed up for a period of 3 months. Interventions for interventional group included kangroo mother care, tactile, vestibular, auditory, visual, olfactory, kinesthetic/proprioceptive & gustatory stimulation techniques. Control group infants underwent kangroo care. Both groups mothers were given counselling regarding need for normal motor development, therapeutic handling techniques. Results and Discussion: Significant difference was found in most Amiel -Tison angles in the intervention group.

Multimodal sensory stimulation, muscle tone, preterm infants.