Abordaje fisioterapéutico en el tratamiento del cólico del lactante. Una revisión sistemática
- L. Cascos-Vicente 1
- E. Juárez-Díaz 1
- V. Corral-Moreno 1
- F.J. Munuera-Jiménez 1
- A.J. Ibáñez-Vera 1
- D. Rodríguez Almagro 1
- E. Obrero-Gaitán 1
- 1 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España
ISSN: 0211-5638
Any de publicació: 2022
Volum: 44
Número: 3
Pàgines: 184-191
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Fisioterapia
Resum
To assess critically the effectiveness of the different physiotherapeutic treatments that we currently have to reduce cases or improve the symptomatology of the infant colic. Material and methods A randomized clinical trial search was conducted in Pubmed, PEDro and Scopus databases using “infant colic”, “physiotherapy” and “musculoskeletal manipulations” as keywords. Publications of the last 20 years and of English or Spanish language were selected. In these studies, babies with infant colic were treated with different physiotherapeutic treatments. The variables studies were mainly the crying pattern, the duration of sleep and de 24-hour crying diary, which was used as the main measuring instrument. “PEDro” scale was used in order to evaluate the quality of the studies. Results Thirteen clinical randomized trials were selected. The studies were classified according to the treatment applied (masotherapy, spinal manipulation, cranial manipulation, reflexology and acupuncture) and the effects reported, obtaining positive results specially those where masotherapy was used. Conclusions Most of the studies showed favorable results of the treatments for infant colic. Masotherapy, spinal manipulation, cranial manipulation, reflexology and acupuncture improve infant colic symptoms, reducing crying hours and increasing sleep hours.