Massage therapy improves neurodevelopment outcome at two years corrected age for very low birth weight infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Procianoy, Renato S ^a   Mendes, Eliane W ^a   Silveira, Rita C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kinesthetic stimulation; Massage therapy; Neurodevelopment; Tactile stimulation; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASSAGE; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME;

EID: 77649189283     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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