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References
Lullaby Baby Massage provides the following references to assist in your understanding of the role of baby massage:
Health, Massage beats baby blues. Dr Vivette Glover. BBC news. 29/05/2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/459680.stm
Effects of Infant Massage on Cognitive, Motor and Social-Emotional Functioning in High-Risk Infants. Gallagher Natalie G. Bridges Practice-Based Research Syntheses. Research and Training Centre on Early Childhood Development. Vol 2, Number 12. December 2003.
Touch Early and Often. Tammerlin Drummond Miami Florida USA. Time Magazine. July 27, 1998.
Research Massage. Infant Massage. http://www.infantmassagetraining.com/research_benefits.html
Infant Massage: Communicating Love Through Touch. Dellinger-Bavolek, M.S.E. Certified Infant Massage Instructor/Trainer.
Baby Massage and other Therapies. Community Practitioner's and Health Visitors Association. http://www.healthcarea2z.org/stdPage.aspx/home/Pregnancy/Childbirth/Jobrelatedsup
The Benefits of Massaging Babies. Lemise Kassim. Journal of the Australian Association of Massage therapists.
Investigation the benefits of massage for infants and mothers. Benefits of infant massage for mother with postnatal depression. Seminars in Neonatology 2002; 7(6): 495-500. White-Traut RC, Nelson MN, Silvesrti JM, Cunningham N, Patel M. Responses of preterm infants to unimodal and multimodal sensory intervention. Pediatr Nurs 1997; 23:169-75,193. Glover V, Onozawa K, Hodgkinson A. Developmental intervention for preterm infants diagnosed with periventricular leukomalacia. Res Nurs Health 1999; 22:131-43. White-Traut RC, Nelson MN, Silvesrti JM, Patel, Vasan U, Meleedy-Rey P. Multi-sensory intervention for extremely premature high-risk infants: Developmental patterns of physiological response to ATVV Intervention. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2004; 33:266-75. Aly H, Moustafa M, Hassanein S, Massaro A, Amer H, Patel K. Physical activity combined with massage improves bone mineralisation in premature infant: A randomised trial. J Perinatol 2004; 24:305-9.
The Importance of Touch in Parent-Infant Bonding. Gigi Newton. Teacher Trainer, TSBVI, Texas Deaf blind Outreach. 2/06/2006. http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/fall00/infantbonding.htm
Infant Massage. Field T, Ph.D. Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine. Edited from the Zero to three Journal, October/November 1993. http://www.zerotothree.org/massage.html 4/07/06
Massage and nursing. McLoughlin Anna. SRN, RMN, BSc Professional Studies (Nursing), ITEC Massage & Reflex Zone Therapy is a Clinical Team Leader, Specialist Services for Older People. West London Mental Health Trust. JCN Online- Journal. Article accepted for publication Jan 2002..