Effect of oil massage on growth and neurobehavior in very low birth weight preterm neonates

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1092-1100

  Arora, Jyoti ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Ramji, Siddharth ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Oil massage; Preterm; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STIMULATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLANT OILS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33644682824     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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