Massage therapy improves behavior in neonates born to HIV-positive mothers.
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.
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Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
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D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000523:psychology*; D008405:Massage / Q000592:standards; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015430:Weight Gain