Physiotherapy and Osteopathy on Infant Colic

Universidad de Almeria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infantile Colic; Manual Therapy

Treatments: Behavioral: Measures to support and education to the family; Other: Osteopathy manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03326297

PI-0021-2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the effectiveness of manual therapy (osteopathy) on infant colic versus education to the family, and a third group with no specific intervention.

Full description

Infant colic is a problem that affects 10-30% of babies in their first months of life. This research project aims to verify the effectiveness of manual therapy on infant colic. The sample is divided in three groups, performing in the firts one osteopathy manual therapy; in the second one, measures to support and education to the family; and in the third, there is no specific intervention.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 6 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed if Infant Colic.

Exclusion criteria

• Babies diagnosed of other pathologies that justify cries, such as reflux, food intolerances or neurological syndromes.
• Premature babies less than 37 weeks gestation, who may be involved in other concomitant pathologies.
• Mothers (families) with language barriers, due to the difficulty of collecting data.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

Osteopathy manual therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Osteopathy manual therapy applying the following treatment: Technique for the treatment of parasympathetic innervation, Techniques for the treatment of sympathetic innervation of the digestive system, Functional visceral techniques.

Treatment:

Other: Osteopathy manual therapy

Measures to support and education to the family

Active Comparator group

Description:

Measures to support and education to the family that consist on pedagogical intervention in parents, health education.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Measures to support and education to the family

No specific intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No specific intervention, prescriptions by pediatrician