Brief Report: Improvements in the Behavior of Children with Autism Following Massage Therapy

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 513-516

  Escalona, Angelica ^a   Field, Tiffany ^a   Singer Strunck, Ruth ^a   Cullen, Christy ^a   Hartshorn, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Massage therapy for autism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MASSAGE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035496638     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012273110194     Document Type: Article

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