Cranial Osteopathy in Functional Disorders of the Newborn

University Hospital, Lille

Status: Completed

Conditions: Newborn Complication

Treatments: Other: comfort massage; Other: cranial osteopathy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03751787

2009-A00037-50 (Other Identifier)

2008_43

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate, from the maternity stay, the interest of the cranial osteopathy in the reduction of the hyper irritability of the newborn and the improvement of the postural abnormalities

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 minute to 29 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newborns:

  • forward
  • born vaginally or cesarean section
  • with or without general anesthesia
  • with or without epidural or spinal anesthesia
  • with or without instrumental extraction
  • presenting at least 1 of the 4 criteria detailed above, numbered at 3 or 4 or two criteria at 2

Exclusion criteria

• Newborns presenting:

  • a score of Amiel <7, signing a strong suspicion of non-integrity of brain functions (see table) and therefore leaving the framework of functional pathology
  • symptomatic maternal-fetal infection
  • true obstetric trauma: brachial plexus paralysis, fracture
  • or of a mother who has taken during pregnancy drugs or toxic drugs that affect the behavior of the newborn. (benzodiazepines, subutex, methadone, cocaine, heroin or cannabis)

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

cranial osteopathy

Experimental group

Description:

The group will receive treatment with osteopathic cranial osteopathy

Treatment:

Other: cranial osteopathy

comfort massage

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The group will benefit from a placebo manipulation by an osteopathic student who has not yet been trained in cranial osteopathy.

Treatment:

Other: comfort massage