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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
120
Technique for the treatment of parasympathetic innervation, Techniques for the treatment of sympathetic innervation of the digestive system, Functional visceral techniques.
Pedagogical intervention in parents and health education
Universidad de Almería
Almería, Spain
Change from baseline FCL Questionnaire at 12 weeks of infants' life.
FCL (Fisioterapia en el Cólico del Lactante) QUESTIONNAIRE: Infant colic assessment questionnaire. Group CTS (Ciencias y Técnicas de la Salud) 305 of the University of Seville.
Time frame: At baseline, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks, at 12 weeks of infants' life and at 3 months of infants' life
Maternal stress in the last month.
Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ).
Time frame: At baseline and at 12 weeks of infants' life.
Intensity of irritability
Analogue visual scale from 0 to 6.
Time frame: At baseline and at 12 weeks of infants' life
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