Trial reportPediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association2014
The effects of massage therapy to induce sleep in infants born preterm.
Trial report in Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Nursing Interventions That Promote Sleep in Preterm Newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- First Brazilian recommendation on physiotherapy with sensory motor stimulation in newborns and infants in the intensive care unit.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaPooled it
- Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Massage in Preterm Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- Comparison of Massage and Prone Position on Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Saturation Level in Preterm Neonates Hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to determine whether massage therapy can be used as an adjunct intervention to induce sleep in infants born preterm.
methodsThirty infants born at a minimum of 28 weeks gestational age, who were at the time of the study between 32 and 48 weeks adjusted gestational age, were randomly assigned to receive massage therapy on 1 day and not receive massage on an alternate day. The Motionlogger Micro Sleep Watch Actigraph recorded lower extremity activity on the morning of each day.
resultsNo significant difference was found between groups for sleep efficiency (P = .13) during the time period evaluated. Groups differed significantly during the time period after the massage ended with more infants sleeping on the nonmassage day (χ = 4.9802, P = .026).
conclusionsMassage is well tolerated in infants born preterm and infants do not fall asleep faster after massage than without massage.
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