Massage therapy in infants and children under 5 years of age: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Massage is a popularly used complementary and alternative therapy. Previous randomised controlled trials have examined the effects of massage on children, and several systematic reviews have been conducted to synthesise these data. This study aims to assess and summarise the current evidence from published systematic reviews of controlled clinical trials on the practice of paediatric massage, specifically in infants and children aged < 5 years.

Methods

The online databases MEDLINE, Embase, Health Technology Assessment Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Allied and Complementary Medicine, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang Data will be searched from the inception onwards for evidence of

SUBMITTER: Chen SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature