Pediatric massage therapy in infants and children under 5 years: An umbrella review of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically evaluate and synthesize quantitative evidence regarding the effects of pediatric massage in infants and children under five years.

Review methods

We conducted searches in databases including MEDLINE, Embase, Health Technology Assessment Database, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Allied and Complementary Medicine, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, SinoMed, and CQVIP up to February 2024. Two reviewers independently screened articles, extracted data, and conducted quality appraisals on the included studies. We focused on systematic reviews with meta-analyses comparing pediatric tuina with a waitlist control, placebo, medication, massage combined with othe

SUBMITTER: Chen SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11357743 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature