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Line 9: ==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\|last=Bennett\|first=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\|issue=4\|pages=CD005038\|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005038.pub3\|issn=1469-493X\|pmid=23633323}}</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 \|author=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 \|volume= \|issue=2 \|pages=CD000390 \|year=2004 \|pmid=15106151 \|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000390.pub2 \|url= \|editor1-last=Vickers \|editor1-first=Andrew}}</ref>▼ ~~===Full term infants===~~ ▲A [[Cochrane review]] of massage therapy for babies less than 6 months of age found that the evidence was insufficient to support its use.<ref name=Cat2013>{{Cite journal\|last=Bennett\|first=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\|issue=4\|pages=CD005038\|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005038.pub3\|issn=1469-493X\|pmid=23633323}}</ref> ~~===Preterm infants===~~ A Cochrane review of studies looking at massage therapy for pre-term and low birth weight found that the evidence for benefits was weak. While a meta-analysis of studies found that massage was associated with increased weight gain and decreased [[length of stay]] in the hospital, the reviewers had "serious concerns" about the methodological quality of the studies, specifically raising the concern of [[publication bias]]. These concerns weakened the credibility of the studies, and led the reviewers to conclude there was not enough evidence to recommend widespread use of massage for pre-term or low birth weight infants. The review also suggested those neonatal intensive care units that have nurses provide massage therapy to reconsider whether it is cost-effective use of their time to do so.<ref name = Vickers>{{cite journal \|author=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 \|volume= \|issue=2 \|pages=CD000390 \|year=2004 \|pmid=15106151 \|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000390.pub2 \|url= \|editor1-last=Vickers \|editor1-first=Andrew}}</ref> ==Proposed mechanisms==

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