Massage therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Kim, Jong In ^c   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; MASSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953034709     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09r05848whi     Document Type: Article

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