AIM: To determine whether preterm infant massage leads to consistent increases in vagal activity and gastric motility and whether these increases are associated with greater weight gain. METHODS: EKG and EGG were recorded in 80 preterm infants randomly assigned to amoderate pressure massage therapy group or to a standard care control group to assess vagal activity and gastric motility responses to massage therapy. RESULTS: Massaged infants exhibited consistent short-term increases in vagal activity and gastric motility on both the first and the last days of the 5-day study that were associated with weight gain during the 5-day treatment period. No changes in basal vagal activity or gastric motility were noted across the 5-day treatment period. CONCLUSION: Preterm infant massage is consistently associated with increases in vagal activity and gastric motility that may underlie the effects of massage therapy on preterm infant weight gain.
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AIM: To determine whether preterm infant massage leads to consistent increases in vagal activity and gastric motility and whether these increases are associated with greater weight gain. METHODS: EKG and EGG were recorded in 80 preterm infants randomly assigned to a moderate pressure massage therapy group or to a standard care control group to assess vagal activity and gastric motility responses to massage therapy. RESULTS: Massaged infants exhibited consistent short-term increases in vagal activity and gastric motility on both the first and the last days of the 5-day study that were associated with weight gain during the 5-day treatment period. No changes in basal vagal activity or gastric motility were noted across the 5-day treatment period. CONCLUSION: Preterm infant massage is consistently associated with increases in vagal activity and gastric motility that may underlie the effects of massage therapy on preterm infantweight gain.
Authors: Ian C Hellstrom; Sabine K Dhir; Josie C Diorio; Michael J Meaney Journal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Date: 2012-09-05 Impact factor: 6.237
Authors: Linda M Lambert; Felicia L Trachtenberg; Victoria L Pemberton; Janine Wood; Shelley Andreas; Robin Schlosser; Teresa Barnard; Kaitlyn Daniels; Ann T Harrington; Nicholas Dagincourt; Thomas A Miller Journal: Cardiol Young Date: 2017-03-23 Impact factor: 1.093