Beider Shay, Mahrer Nicole E, Gold Jeffrey I
Integrative Touch for Kids, 8306 Wilshire Boulevard, #530, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2007 Dec;54(6):1025-41; xii-xiii. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.10.001.
Pediatric massage therapy (MT), similar to its younger counterpart infant massage, has a limited number of rigorous studies supporting its clinical application and associated effects. However, clinicians and researchers have been intrigued by the potential benefits of pediatric MT for improving psychological and physiologic states in children who have various health conditions. This article provides a broad overview of pediatric MT, including proven and promising effects of MT across disease-specific clinical applications, contraindications, safety, context and availability of services, and future directions. Computerized databases were searched for relevant studies, including prior reviews, primary case studies, and randomized controlled trials of infant and pediatric MT. Current findings provide varying levels of evidence for the benefits of pediatric MT in children who have diverse medical conditions; however, anxiety reduction has shown the strongest effect. Future studies should use rigorous study design and methodology, with long-term follow-up, for examining the longitudinal effects of pediatric MT.
小儿按摩疗法（MT）与其较为年轻的对应疗法婴儿按摩一样，支持其临床应用及相关效果的严格研究数量有限。然而，临床医生和研究人员一直对小儿按摩疗法在改善患有各种健康状况的儿童心理和生理状态方面的潜在益处感兴趣。本文对小儿按摩疗法进行了广泛概述，包括按摩疗法在特定疾病临床应用中的已证实和有前景的效果、禁忌症、安全性、服务背景和可及性，以及未来方向。通过计算机化数据库检索相关研究，包括先前的综述、主要病例研究以及婴儿和小儿按摩疗法的随机对照试验。目前的研究结果为小儿按摩疗法对患有不同医疗状况儿童的益处提供了不同程度的证据；然而，减轻焦虑显示出最强的效果。未来的研究应采用严格的研究设计和方法，并进行长期随访，以研究小儿按摩疗法的纵向效果。
