Massage therapy facilitates mother-infant interaction in premature infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-81

  Ferber, Sari Goldstein ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^b   Kohelet, David ^c   Kuint, Jacob ^c   Dollberg, Shaul ^c   Arbel, Eliana ^c   Weller, Aron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Massage therapy; Mother infant interaction; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 13844297648     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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