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Massage therapy improves behavior in neonates born to HIV-positive mothers
1Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Assigned randomly 28 neonates born to HIV-positive mothers to a massage therapy or control group. The treatment infants were given three 15-minute massages daily for 10 days. The massaged group showed superior performance on almost every Brazelton newborn cluster score and had a greater daily weight gain at the end of the treatment period unlike the control group who showed declining performance.
