Research as Me-Search
Mffrne to Occupational Therapy to
Peyehiatry to 2-year sailing trip
Finally, Research.
Stillbirth inspired her to study postterm
babies with post maturity syndrome and
respiratory distress syndrome
For preemies, what sustains their lives
‘also males them suffer greatly.
Experiment Pacifiers
Results:
‘The babies cried loss, had slower
fad, gained more weight
ischarged earlier which
for the hospitals.
were still unimpressed
he underlying mechanism?
‘Susan Jay: Reduce stress by “laying hands" on the
aby.
This gave rise to tactile kinesthetic stimulationfor the
babies, or simply put, “massage.”
Lerold Lucey claim that simple handling decreased
‘oxygen level got goneralized to mean even
Stender loving touch.”
Experiment: Mossog
group of bobies received 4Emin massage per day
for 10 days
Results:
Fewer stress behavior better score on the
Brazelton Newborn Behavior Assessment Scale,
‘ond gained 47% more weight.
They applied their massage to babies with AIDS and
cocaine, and young psychiatric patients.
Results wore positive
The babies immune system is positively offected by
the massage, and the psychiatric patients had
lower self-reported anxiety and depression, showed
more positive affect, and slept more.
mests:
Experiment results prove that touch
Indeed has therapeutic effects that help
reduce stress for infants, children, and
ideslescents.
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Dr, Saul Schanberg
Licking stimulatios
in maintaining
This experiment insph
their massage experimer
measurements lie growth hormones
‘ond cortisol levels
‘The benefits discovered previously were
present. and in addtion, the infants engaged
In loss octive sloop. They also had higher levels
of catecholamine activity and inereased
release of gastro intestinal hormones which
may finaly be the
the weight goin of
Johnson & Johnson agreed to fund the first
touch-research institute in the world.
With the aid of grants Feld will be studying
the effects of massage on other groups of sick
children in hopes of helping them
‘They are indeed: