Preterm infant weight gain is increased by massage therapy and exercise via different underlying mechanisms

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 137-140

  Diego, Miguel A ^a,b   Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Hernandez Reif, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Massage; Preterm infant; Vagal activity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; PREMATURITY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EXERCISE; MASSAGE; PRETERM INFANT; VAGAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MASSAGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84893788125     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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