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==History==
[[Ayurvedic medicine]] in [[History of India|ancient India]] taught the use of infant massage.<ref>Johari H. (1996). Ayurvedic Massage: Traditional Indian Techniques for Balancing Body and Mind. Inner Traditions Bear and Company. {{ISBN|978-0-89281-489-3}}</ref> It was also has been encouraged in [[China]] during the [[Qing dynasty]].<ref>Furth C. (1987). Concepts of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infancy in Ch'ing Dynasty China. Journal of Asian Studies, 46:7-35. {{JSTOR|2056664}}</ref> At present it is part of traditional childcare in South Asia and elsewhere where daily massage by mothers is seen as "instilling fearlessness, hardening bone structure, enhancing movement and limb coordination, and increasing weight".<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Reissland | first1 = N | last2 = Burghart | first2 = R | title = The role of massage in south Asia: child health and development. | journal = Social Science & Medicine | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 231–9 | year = 1987 | pmid = 3629298 | doi = 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90226-7 }}</ref> Other areas where infant massage is regularly used are African countries and areas in the former [[Soviet Union]]. In Western culture, infant massage has been increasingly used in [[neonatal intensive care unit]]s for pre-term infants who are in stressful environments and have limited [[Touch|tactile]] stimulation.<ref name="Vickers" />
==Research==
A 2013 [[Cochrane review]] of massage therapy for babies less than 6 months of age who were born at term found that the evidence was insufficient to support its use.<ref name=Cat2013>{{Cite journal|last1=Bennett|first1=Cathy|last2=Underdown|first2=Angela|last3=Barlow|first3=Jane|date=2013-04-30|title=Massage for promoting mental and physical health in typically developing infants under the age of six months|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|volume=2013 |issue=4|pages=CD005038|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005038.pub3|issn=1469-493X|pmid=23633323|pmc=8078453}}</ref> A 2004 Cochrane review looking at massage therapy for pre-term and low birth weight was insufficient to justify its use.<ref name = Vickers>{{cite journal |vauthors=Vickers A, Ohlsson A, Lacy JB, Horsley A |title=Massage for promoting growth and development of preterm and/or low birth-weight infants |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |issue=2 |pages=CD000390 |year=2004 |volume=2004 |pmid=15106151 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000390.pub2 |editor1-last=Vickers |editor1-first=Andrew|pmc=6956667 }}</ref>
==Proposed mechanisms==
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==References==
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