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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2008 Jan;31(1):149-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.07.002. Epub 2007 Aug 9.

Temperature increases in preterm infants during massage therapy

Miguel A Diego  1 , Tiffany Field, Maria Hernandez-Reif
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Temperature increases in preterm infants during massage therapy

Miguel A Diego et al. Infant Behav Dev. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

Temperature was assessed in 72 preterm infants randomly assigned to a control or a massage therapy group. A greater increase in temperature was noted for preterm infants receiving massage therapy versus a control group, even though the incubator portholes remained open during the 15 min massage therapy session but not for the control group over an equivalent time period.

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Mean temperature 15 minutes pre, 15-minutes during the massage or control period, and 15-minutes post the intervention period (Mean ± 2 SEM).
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