ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2006) — New research by a team at the University of Warwick says that massage may help infants aged under six months sleep better, cry less and be less stressed.
The team of researchers from Warwick Medical School and the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick was led by Angela Underdown. They looked at nine studies of massage of young children covering a total of 598 infants aged under six months. They found the various studies showed a range of significant results including indications that infants who were massaged cried less, slept better, and had lower levels of stress hormones such as cortisol compared to infants who did not receive massage.
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