The effect of massage therapy on weight gain and calories intake in premature neonates: a brief report

Background: Improvement of growth, nutrition and calories intake in neonates is derived by massage. Methods: This study is a randomized clinical trials settled in Vali-e-Asr Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ward in 2012. The control group consisted of 19 infants who were not massaged on...

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Main Authors: Elaheh Amini, Bita Ebrahim, Paideh Dehghan, Mohadeseh Fallahi, Samaneh Sedghi, Fereshteh Amini, Mamak Shariat
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-5160&slc_lang=en&sid=1