Impact of massage therapy on motor outcomes in very low-birthweight infants: Randomized controlled pilot study

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-385

  Ho, Yuen Bing ^a   Lee, Robert S Y ^a   Chow, Chun Bong ^a   Pang, Marco Y C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Motor; Neonatal; Neurodevelopment; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TOUCH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77953630619     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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