Physiotherapy and Osteopathy on Infant Colic

NCT ID: NCT03326297

Last Updated: 2020-11-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-31

Study Completion Date

2020-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Infantile Colic Manual Therapy

Keywords

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Infant Colic Osteopathy Stress Physiotherapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Osteopathy manual therapy

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Osteopathy manual therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Technique for the treatment of parasympathetic innervation, Techniques for the treatment of sympathetic innervation of the digestive system, Functional visceral techniques.

Measures to support and education to the family

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

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Measures to support and education to the family

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Pedagogical intervention in parents and health education

No specific intervention

No specific intervention, prescriptions by pediatrician

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Osteopathy manual therapy

Technique for the treatment of parasympathetic innervation, Techniques for the treatment of sympathetic innervation of the digestive system, Functional visceral techniques.

Intervention Type OTHER

Measures to support and education to the family

Pedagogical intervention in parents and health education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad de Almeria

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Universidad de Almería

Almería, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Other Identifiers

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PI-0021-2015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id