Clinical Trial: CHiropractic for Infantile Colic Study

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Interventional



Official Title: The Effectiveness of Chiropractic in the Treatment of Infantile Colic

Brief Summary:

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a course of chiropractic treatment has a significant impact on the natural course of infantile colic, specifically:

  1. Do parents of colicky infants randomised to the groups receiving a course of McTimoney chiropractic treatment:

    • report a significantly greater improvement in hours of crying than those in the control group?
    • report a significantly greater improvement their own quality of life (anxiety and depression)?
    • report "resolution" of colic following treatment than the control group?
  2. What effect does parental blinding have on parentally-reported symptoms of infantile colic and parental quality of life?

The study will also include exploratory investigations to determine whether there are:

  1. Any particular groupings of patient characteristics (for example; 'other' presenting symptoms, position in the natural course of colic, age of onset, spinal dysfunction, perinatal factors) that are associated with good or poor outcomes
  2. Any particular characteristics of the treatment (e.g. specific adjustments) that are associated with good or poor outcomes.