Massage with kinesthetic stimulation improves weight gain in preterm infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 352-357

  Massaro, A N ^a,b   Hammad, T A ^c   Jazzo, B ^b   Aly, H ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67349096800     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.230     Document Type: Article

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