Affiliation:
1. Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universitat Internacional de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
2. Clinical Research in Health Sciences Group, Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology and Physiotherapy University of Valladolid Soria Spain
3. Physiotherapy Department Fundació Aspace Catalunya Barcelona Spain
4. Faculty of Health Sciences University of Zaragoza Zaragoza Aragon Spain
Abstract
AbstractAimOsteopathy and chiropractic techniques are used for babies for different reasons, but it is unclear how effective they are. The aim of this study was to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing crying time and increasing sleeping time in babies with infantile colic.MethodsA systematic review and meta‐analysis was conducted on infantile colic studies that used complementary and alternative medicine techniques as interventions. The outcome measures were hours spent crying and/or sleeping. We used the PubMed, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Osteopathic Medicine Digital Database and Google Scholar databases from inception to 11 November 2022.ResultsThe methodological quality of the randomised control trials ranged from fair to high. We focused on five studies with 422 babies. Complementary treatments failed to decrease the crying time (mean difference −1.08, 95% CI: −2.17 to 0.01, I2 = 92%) and to increase sleeping time (mean difference 1.11, 95% CI: −0.20 to 2.41; I2: 91%), compared with no intervention. The quality of the evidence was rated as very low for both outcome measures.ConclusionOsteopathy and chiropractic treatment failed to reduce the crying time and increase sleeping time in babies with infantile colic, compared with no additional intervention.
Subject
General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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