SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Effects of Infant Massage: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effects of Neonatal Therapeutic Touch and Massage in Very Preterm and Extremely Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Ultrasound Monitoring of Muscle Thickness in Premature Patients Undergoing Infant Massage: Experience in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Newborn Massage Training on Maternal Attachment and Postpartum Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Trial
- The effects of infant abdominal massage on the parental stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong - A mixed clustered RCT.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
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- The Influence of Infant Massage on the Development of Infants Aged 1-3 Months.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2026Article
- Traditional infant oil massage in early life: a cross-sectional study of knowledge and practices among young mothers in Malappuram district, Kerala.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of infant touch on growth-related indexes of preterm infants.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of 12-Week Infant Shantala Massage Program on Maternal Emotional Well-Being Following First-Time Birth.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- It's Safe to Look: Maternal Touch Affects Infants' Fear Bias.Developmental science · 2025Article
- The Effects of Infant Massage Therapy on Preterm Neonatal Outcomes: A Clinical Trial.International journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practices: A Narrative Review Elucidating the Impact on Healthcare Systems, Mechanisms and Paediatric Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Mothers' experience of infant massage in child health care: A qualitative interview study.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Alloparental Support and Infant Psychomotor Developmental Delay.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Impact of oil massage on newborn behavioural responses in rural India.Bioinformation · 2024Article
- Pain Management in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room: A Narrative Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Lessons learned from child health care nurses' experiences of teaching infant massage groups: A qualitative interview-based study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Effects of massage therapy on preterm infants and their mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Infant massage is performed in various international contexts. There is a need for an updated literature review on this topic. The purpose of the current review was to investigate the effects of infant massage. A systematic literature review was conducted to investigate the effects of infant massage on the following outcomes: pain relief, jaundice, and weight gain. The inclusion criteria were infants from 0-12 months. The literature search was performed until January 2022, using the CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases, and included studies published from 2017-2021, returning 16 RCT/CCT studies with a total of 1416 participating infants. A review template was used by two independent reviewers to assess the risk of bias in the included studies. The results were synthesized and presented in the form of tables and narratives. In five of seven studies (
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