The Effectiveness of the Manual Therapy on Infant Colic (MT-IF)

Background:

Infant colic is one of the most common disorders in the first year of baby´s life. It is estimated to affect between 10 to 40 % of healthy born children in their first year of life. To determine the effectiveness of a protocol manual therapy in the treatment of colic, using the Infant Colic Severity Questionnaire, we analyzed two intervention groups: experimental in which children received the protocol manual therapy and counseling to parents and the Control group, in which parents received advice only.

Objectives:

To assess the effectiveness of visceral manual therapy to improve the symptoms on infant colic.

Inclusion criteria

• Infants with medical diagnostic of colic following Wessel criteria.

Exclusion criteria

• Infant's parents without full capacity to answer the survey questions, such as the existence of intellectual disability.
• Babies with neurological disorders such epilepsy, meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, encephalopathy, Arnold Chiari malformation, syringomyelia and Huntington's disease.
• Babies with digestive disorders, such Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, peritonitis, intestinal malabsorption, hepatitis, diverticular bowel disease, esophagitis, Intussusception and Ulcerative Colitis.
• Babies with congenital diseases such Angelmen syndrome, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, haemophilia, Klinefelter syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Patau syndrome and Tay Sachs syndrome.
• Babies with traumatology - orthopedic pathologies such idiopathic scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, Perthes disease, Meyer dysplasia, Marfan syndrome, Morquio syndrome and congenital hip dislocation.
• Babies with dermatological diseases such Atopic dermatitis, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, psoriasis, urticaria and disorders of skin pigmentation.
• Babies who are subjected to drug treatments that are not specific to the treatment of colic.