Brief report: Improvements in the behavior of children with autism following massage therapy
Brief report: Improvements in the behavior of children with autism following massage therapy
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1012273110194
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发表时间：
2001-10-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Hartshorn, K
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作者：
Escalona, A;Field, T;Hartshorn, K
20名年龄在3至6岁的自闭症儿童被随机分配到按摩治疗组和阅读注意力控制组。按摩治疗组的父母接受了按摩治疗师的培训，在一个月的时间里，每天晚上睡觉前给孩子按摩15分钟，而注意力控制组的父母在同样的时间给孩子读苏斯博士的故事。康纳的教师和家长量表、教室和操场观察以及睡眠日记被用来评估治疗对各种行为的影响，包括多动、刻板印象和非任务行为以及睡眠问题。结果表明，按摩组的孩子在学校的游戏观察中表现出较少的刻板行为，表现出更多的任务和社会关系行为，他们在家里经历的睡眠问题也更少。
Twenty children with autism, ages 3 to 6 years, were randomly assigned to massage therapy and reading attention control groups. Parents in the massage therapy group were trained by a massage therapist to massage their children for 15 minutes prior to bedtime every night for I month and the parents of the attention control group read Dr. Seuss stories to their children on the same time schedule. Conners Teacher and Parent scales, classroom and playground observations, and sleep diaries were used to assess the effects of therapy on various behaviors, including hyperactivity, stereotypical and off-task behavior, and sleep problems. Results suggested that the children in the massage group exhibited less stereotypic behavior and showed more on-task and social relatedness behavior during play observations at school, and they experienced fewer sleep problems at home.