TY - JOUR
T1 - Massage therapy research
AU - Field, Tiffany
AU - Diego, Miguel
AU - Hernandez-Reif, Maria
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the people who participated in these studies. This research was supported by a merit award (MH # 46586) and Senior Research Scientist Awards (MH# 00331 from NIMH and AT# 001585 from NCCAM) to Tiffany Field and funding from Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute to the Touch Research Institutes.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Massage therapy has been notably effective in preventing prematurity, enhancing growth of infants, increasing attentiveness, decreasing depression and aggression, alleviating motor problems, reducing pain, and enhancing immune function. This review covers massage therapy research from the last decade, as an update to the American Psychologist 1998 review paper. Models are presented for potential biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying the massage therapy effects.
AB - Massage therapy has been notably effective in preventing prematurity, enhancing growth of infants, increasing attentiveness, decreasing depression and aggression, alleviating motor problems, reducing pain, and enhancing immune function. This review covers massage therapy research from the last decade, as an update to the American Psychologist 1998 review paper. Models are presented for potential biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying the massage therapy effects.
KW - Massage therapy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dr.2005.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.dr.2005.12.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847128378
VL - 27
SP - 75
EP - 89
JO - Developmental Review
JF - Developmental Review
SN - 0273-2297
IS - 1
ER -