Weight gain in preterm infants following parent-administered vimala massage: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-252

  Gonzalez, Alma Patricia ^a   Vasquez Mendoza, Guadalupe ^a   García Vela, Alfonso ^b   Guzmán Ramirez, Andres ^a   Salazar Torres, Marcos ^a   Romero Gutierrez, Gustavo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c León Guanajuato ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Preterm; Vimala massage; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIMALA MASSAGE; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MASSAGE; MEXICO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84869268920     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103151     Document Type: Article

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