Massage therapy reduces hospital stay and occurrence of late-onset sepsis in very preterm neonates.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of maternal massage therapy on hospital stay in very-low-birth-weight infants who were already submitted to skin-to-skin care. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized study was performed including infants of birth weight >or=750 and <or=1500 g and gestational age <or=32 weeks. The...

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Publicado en:Journal of Perinatology Vol. 28; no. 12; pp. 815 - 821
Autores principales: Mendes EW, Procianoy RS
Formato: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2008
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