Osteopathic manipulative treatment and pain in preterms: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent evidence proved the necessity to improve health care and pain management in newborns. Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been largely used to treat painful syndromes as well as term and preterm newborns. Recent studies have demonstrated positive results of osteopathy in reducing length of stay and costs. However, no trials were carried out on pain in newborns. The aim of the present clinical trial is to explore the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment in reducing pain in a sample of preterms.

Methods/design

A three-armed single blinded placebo-control randomised controlled trial protocol has been designed to primarily evaluate the extent to which OMT is effective in reducing pain in preterms. One hundred and twenty newborns will be enrolled from

SUBMITTER: Cerritelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4362649 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature