A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of osteopathic manipulative treatment on preterms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite some preliminary evidence, it is still largely unknown whether osteopathic manipulative treatment improves preterm clinical outcomes.

Materials and methods

The present multi-center randomized single blind parallel group clinical trial enrolled newborns who met the criteria for gestational age between 29 and 37 weeks, without any congenital complication from 3 different public neonatal intensive care units. Preterm infants were randomly assigned to usual prenatal care (control group) or osteopathic manipulative treatment (study group). The primary outcome was the mean difference in length of hospital stay between groups.

Results

A total of 695 newborns were randomly assigned to either the study group (n= 352) or the control group (n=343). A statistic

SUBMITTER: Cerritelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431716 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature