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Objective – To verify if physical therapy technique expiratory flow acceleration causes pain in newborn pre terms. Methods – This wasa descriptive cross-sectional study, 20 preterm newborn infants admitted in a intensive care unit, it needs to respiratory therapy. Newborns underwent expiratory flow acceleration technology, in use the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, scale to see if they had pain before and during the care of physical therapy. Results– This research, studied 20 preterm infants undergoing technical acceleration of expiratory flow during the respiratory physiotherapy in the NICU, after 5 minutes of care was observed weak pain in 15% of newborn preterm and moderate pain in 10%, as the latest review 10% of newborn preterm infants had poor pain and 15% had moderate pain, assessed by Neonatal Infant Pain Scale. Conclusion – Respiratory therapy technique acceleration of expiratory flow used in preterm infants may trigger pain.