Infant Massage and Touch Therapy Articles
Below is a list of Infant Massage/Baby Massage/Children's Massage articles, research studies & reports, that I have read and may be of interest to you. (Please note - the links below will redirect you. To return to Idibidi Kids Massage, please click on the arrow to go back to last page, on the top LHS of your browser):
• Stimulation Programs
for Pre-term Infants (2004)
20 page PDF, looks at the effects of massage for promoting the growth and development of pre-term babies
http://www.srcd.org/Documents/Publications/SPR/spr18-1.pdf
• Health Insite ~ Massage
related articles on various topics
including baby massage
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Massage
• The Age "Massage Restless Baby to a Soothing Slumber" article (2006)
http://www.theage.com.au/
• PND and Mother and Infant Outcomes after Infant Massage (2008)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18086500
• "The Benefits of Massaging
Babies" Lemise Kassim
8 page PDF research paper
http://www.massagereferences.com/
• BBC News, Online Health "Massage Beats Baby Blues" article (1999)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/health/
• Queen Charlotte’s
and Chelsea Hospital, "Benefits of Infant Massage
for Mothers with Post Natal Depression" (2002)
Looks at the benefits of massage, trial studies, role of oxytocin and evaluations
http://www.careperinatologia.it/
• Better Health channel,
Victoria, Australia
Link to various health websites
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/
• Pacific College of Oriental
Medicine
Infant Massage and Its Many Benefits by Michelle Fletcher
http://www.pacificcollege.edu/
• Imperial College London
Fetal and Neonatal Stress Research Group
Summarises various research in progress in the area of care for babies
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research/researchthemes/reprodscience/fetalstressgroup/
• Warwick UK report, University of Warwick (2006)
Abstract article "Research say massage may help infants sleep more, cry less and be less stressed"
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/
• Natural News.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/
• Journal of Affective
Disorders PND and massage
http://www.jad-journal.com/
• Infant massage improves mother-infant interaction for mothers with postnatal depression (The Cochrane Library 2001)
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clcentral/articles/588/CN-00354588/frame.html
• University of Miami –
The Times UK article "The Hands on Mum" (2007)
http://www6.miami.edu/
• Massage Today article "Infant Massage - Everyone Benefits" (2003)
http://www.massagetoday.com/
• The Babys Website, article "Developmental Baby Massage Introduction"
http://www.thebabyswebsite.com/
• National Literary Trust
UK
Research abstracts about baby massage, contains three links: Imperial College of London, UK; Touch Research Institute; University of Warwick
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby/babymassage_research.html
• TIME magazine –
Touch Early and Often (2001)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139633,00.html
• Southcoast Today article: The Value of Touch
http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-99/04-27-99/b01he040.htm
• The Age: article in Life & Style, "The Science of Touch"
http://www.theage.com.au/
• Toddler Time –
The Healing Power of Touch
http://www.toddlertime.com/mh/terms/healing-touch.htm
• Tameside Advertiser UK
– Massage Therapy for Stressed Kids
http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/
• Brisbane Times - A Hug A Day Keeps The Doctor Away (2007)
Effects and Benefits of touch, Massage and the elderly, Touch Deprivation & Infant Massage
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/
• Cherokee Health Massage (2006)
Massage calms kids with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) & Understanding ADHD, Massage for your teenager.
http://www.cherokeehealthmassage.com/
• Positive Health Online (2004) "Massage In Schools to Reduce Anxiety and Stress"
http://www.positivehealth.com/
Specific Infant Massage and Touch Therapy sites...
• Touch Research Institute Miami
http://www6.miami.edu/touch-research/
• Axelsons
http://www.axelsons.com/startpage.aspx?mid=3
• Peaceful Touch
http://www.peacefultouch.net/
Recommended reading, from the Idibidi Kids™ bookshelf...
Here are a few of my favourite books I have read, put on my bookshelf, then re-read (because I love to read, I love my book collection and I love to research... I have a thirst for knowledge)!
Want to know what other books interest Natalie and may be of interest to you too? Follow the Idibidi Kids™ BLOG page (September 2008) for more book listings, reviews and what Natalie is currently reading. Subjects of interest include health & wellbeing, philosophy, children's development, babies development, natural therapies, science and women's health.... and more! Natalie would love to hear from you if you have a book to recommend..... contact Natalie today!
Loving Hands – The Traditional Art of Baby Massage,
Leboyer,F. 1976, Newmarket Press, New York, U.S.A.
Touch, Field,T. 2001, The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, London, England.
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What's Going On In There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life, Eliot,L Ph.D. 1999, Bantam Books, New York, U.S.A
The Science of Happiness - How Our Brains Make Us
Happy-and What We Can Do to Get Happier, Klein,S Ph.D 2002,
Marlowe & Company, New York, U.S.A.
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