We thank the mothers and neonates who participated in this study
and the Jackson Memorial NICU nurses and neonatologists, research
assistants and massage therapists for their help with this study. This
research was supported by NIH Senior Research Scientist Awards
(MH00331 and AT001585) and an NCCAM Research Grant (AT00370)
to Tiffany Field, an NCCAM Research Supplement (AT00370-02S1) to
Miguel Diego and funding fromJohnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute
to the Touch Research Institute.