Massage for promoting mental and physical health in typically developing infants under the age of six months

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bennett, Cathy ^a   Underdown, Angela ^b   Barlow, Jane ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISTRACTIBILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HABITUATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MASSAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEONATAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASSAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 84886856660     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005038.pub3     Document Type: Review

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