Contribution of Chiropractic Therapy to Resolving Suboptimal Breastfeeding: A Case Series of 114 Infants

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Miller, Joyce E ^a   Miller, Laura ^b   Sulesund, Ann Kristin ^b   Yevtushenko, Andriy ^b  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast Feeding; Chiropractic; Infant; Manual Therapy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REFLEX; SUCKING; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349798843     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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