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The conduction of this assessment is aiming to the research and the comprehension of the consequences that appear at the bone mineral density of premature infants. During pregnancy, the fetus is incepting all the necessary minerals in order to be able to “build” a healthy body. However, when the gestation stops prematurely, the normal development of the neonatal gets disrupted and the risk of arising many complications is increasing. Specifically there is a shortage of the bone and trace minerals which consist the bone tissue of the premature infant and without the appropriate medical intervention, the young patient will face many difficulties on his growth and will probably develop a variety of problems while he/she will become an adult. As it will be presented later, individuals who had small gestation age and did not receive proper care while they were infants, they were not able to achieve the appropriate bone mineral density for their age and they were also smaller than their peers. Benefiting from the mechanism of Mecahnotransduction and Ossification, the physical therapists can improve the bone mineral density of the premature babies with the suitable techniques. A systematic review is presented at the second part of this assessment which confirms the positive impact of the early physical therapy intervention on the bone mineral density of the premature infants.