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Compared with dimethicone, 2 weeks of spinal manipulation reduced infantile colic behaviour at 4–11 days after initial treatment

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.3.2.42

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    Wiberg JMM, Nordsteen J, Nilsson N.The short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic: a randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded observer.J Manipulative Physiol Ther1999 Oct;22:517–22OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: Does spinal manipulation reduce infantile colic behaviours in the short term compared with dimethicone?

    Design

    Randomised (concealed), blinded (outcome assessor), controlled trial with follow up to 11 days.

    Setting

    A suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Patients

    Health visitor nurses recruited 50 consecutive infants who were 2–10 weeks of age, and had ≥1 violent spells of crying (≥3 h each day) for ≥5 of the 7 previous days; typical colic behaviour during crying spells (ie, motor unrest, flexing knees against abdomen, and extending trunk, neck, and extremities) and not (or only temporarily) comforted by nappy changes, dummies, or being picked up, walked, or cradled; no known diseases or symptoms of …

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    Footnotes

    • Sources of funding: The Danish Health Insurance Fund and the Danish Chiropractors Association.

    • For correspondence: Dr J M Wiberg, Hold an vej 5, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark. Email j.m.m.wiberg{at}teliamail.dk