Dossetor D R, Couryer S, Nicol A R
Department of Child Psychiatry, Leicester University Medical School.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1991 Jul;33(7):636-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1991.tb14934.x.
The authors report the use of massage in a case of severe self-injurious behaviour in a girl with Cornelia de Lange syndrome, after failing to elicit a response to conventional management for 10 years. Improvement was dramatic and the possible mechanisms are discussed.