Children with Down Syndrome Improved in Motor Functioning and Muscle Tone Following Massage Therapy

Autor/inn/en	Hernandez-Reif, Maria; Field, Tiffany; Largie, Shay; Mora, Dana; Bornstein, Joan; Waldman, Ronnie
Titel	Children with Down Syndrome Improved in Motor Functioning and Muscle Tone Following Massage Therapy
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 176 (2006) 3-4, S.395-410 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Down Syndrome; Human Body; Control Groups; Early Intervention; Motor Development; Preschool Children; Physical Therapy; Psychomotor Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Menschlicher Körper; Motorische Entwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Physiotherapie; Psychomotorische Aktivität
Abstract	Twenty-one moderate to high functioning young children (mean age, two years) with Down syndrome receiving early intervention (physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy) were randomly assigned to additionally receive two 0.5-hour massage therapy or reading sessions (control group) per week for two months. On the first and last day of the study, the childrens functioning levels were assessed using the Developmental Programming for Infants and Young Children scale, and muscle tone was assessed using a new preliminary scale (the Arms, Legs and Trunk Muscle Tone Score). Children in the massage therapy group revealed greater gains in fine and gross motor functioning and less severe limb hypotonicity when compared with the children in the reading/control group. These findings suggest that the addition of massage therapy to an early intervention program may enhance motor functioning and increase muscle tone for children with Down syndrome. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10