Talk:Infant massage

How to do section
I have not included a "how to do section" as this is against Wikipedia policy WP:NOTAMANUAL. The BBC link provides details. Ideally someone should create a page on wikihow and a make link to it.--LittleHow (talk) 15:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Recent changes
Helpme! MKayKeller (talk) 03:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC) in regards to message: [ 02:55, 31 July 2011 Yobol (talk | contribs) (6,820 bytes) (Undid revision 442295354 by MKayKeller (talk) take it to talk) (undo) ]
 * MKayKeller, I have several issues with the proposed changes you made. First, they appear to be original research, in the form of your own analysis of the research, which is not allowed. We only report what has been published elsewhere, rather than provide our own interpretation of a body of work. Second, your text relies heavily on primary research, which we generally avoid in favor of secondary sources.  This is reflected in our guideline on sourcing for medical claims, where we rely more on secondary reviews published than primary papers.  Third, many of the external links you want to add seem to violate our guideline on what not to link.  There is also an issue of how much weight you are given to certain research.  I know that this is a lot of links to read through, but these guidelines help us establish a high quality encyclopedia. It would probably benefit you to read through these guidelines and policies to familiarize yourself with how things work here.  Yobol (talk) 14:41, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Yobol. It's great that MKayKeller has taken an interest in updating and expanding this article, but the policies/guidelines mentioned most definitely apply here. --Ronz (talk) 23:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

My aplogies. I was very new to this and made many errors. Reading more would have been prudent and caused less disruption. Beggining with not noticing this page was listed as a "medical" article. I am interested in Infant Massage as parenting education. While historically much of the scientific research has been conducted in the medical community it also has been conducted in the Social Sciences and Human Sciences community not as medical advice but as support for parents and caregivers in their interaction quality with their infants and children. The medical community places a higher emphasis on quantitive (how much change) research vesus qualitative (the quality of the change) research. If I knew how to delete the prior edits and comments I would certainly do so and give my permission for you to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MKayKeller (talk • contribs) 15:06, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * More information about the social science aspects of infant massage would greatly improve the article. If you could provide some sources (preferably peer reviewed review articles), we can work on integrating them into the article. Yobol (talk) 19:52, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

A big change in the leading section
There was a big change in the leading section on 2016.--Wolfch (talk) 05:36, 12 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The leading section before change is

"This therapy has been practiced globally, and has been increasingly used in Western countries as a treatment for infants, though the scientific evidence supporting its use is limited. Research in pre-term infants and low birth weight infants have found weak evidence that massage might improve weight gain, but these results are based on possibly biased studies and therefore no recommendation can be made for universal use at this time. Research into the effectiveness of massage therapy on full term infants has found some tentative evidence for some benefits such as sleeping and crying in infants, though the evidence is not strong enough to recommend universally, and more research is needed."


 * and the leading section after change is

"This therapy has been practiced globally, and has been increasingly used in Western countries as a treatment for infants, though the scientific evidence supporting its use is growing. Research in pre-term infants and low birth weight infants has found evidence that massage improves weight gain, increases bone density, reduces cortisol, may shorten the hospital stay and improves cognitive and motor development in later months. As research continues, infant massage has become more available in hospitals.

Also studies have shown that massage performed on full-term infants is very beneficial to both infant and parents. It can be used as a means to bond with the infant for both mother and father."

--Wolfch (talk) 21:19, 19 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Rewrote to accurately reflect the sources provided. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:16, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

insufficient to justify its use?
The research description is problematic. The article says the research is "insufficient to justify its [baby massage's] use." Use? Use for what? Anything? How about for bonding with a caregiver? The article should state upfront more about the study that served as the basis of the research. Knowmoore (talk) 08:22, 27 April 2019 (UTC)