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Rodwell, Warwick; Park, David; Harris, Andrew P.; Fernie, Eric; Cligman, Judith; Ballantyne, Ann

doi:10.1080/00665983.1992.11770947

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“…According to Wessel's criteria, the diagnostic criterion of colic is defined as “periods of crying lasting more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week for more than 3 weeks.” In the case of colicky infants, cries and screams begin at a specific time of the day, usually being heard in the afternoon, in the evening, and at night. [34]…”

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“…[10] In addition, complementary and alternative treatments for infantile colic have been suggested, including rocking the infant, singing, warm towel, and massage therapy. [391112] Massage is, in fact, a series of orderly movements performed on different parts of the body by a trained person in a harmonic fashion for specific goals. Massage can relieve stress on muscles and internal organs and can result in the stimulation and improvement of the blood circulation in tissues and organs.…”

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The comparison of the effects of massaging and rocking on infantile colic

Nahidi

Gazerani

Yousefi

et al. 2017

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Introduction:Infantile colic is a painful condition in the first months of infancy. This study was carried out with the aim of testing the hypothesis that massage treatment has a clinically relevant effect on this condition.Materials and Methods:This randomized clinical trial was conducted among 100 infants of < 12 weeks of age with infantile colic. They were randomly assigned to either infant massage (n = 50) or rocking groups (n = 50). In the massage group, trained individuals taught the parents of the infants the massage technique and gave them a brochure. Rocking group parents was recommended to rock their infants three times a day for 1 week. Parents recorded the pattern of crying (numbers, length, and severity of crying). After 1 week of intervention, data were analysed using t-test, Chi square test, and repeated measurement analysis of variance (P < 0.05).Results:Significant differences were not observed in infant and mother demographic information. Before intervention, the mean of total number, length, and severity of crying were 6.12 (1.76) time/day, 4.97 (1.37) hour/day, and 6.60 (1.54) in the massage group and 6.96 (2.9) time/day, 3 (1.31) hour/day, and 5.98 (2.22) in the rocking group, respectively. After 1 week of intervention, the mean difference of total number, length, and severity of crying were 4.08 (1.83) time/day, 2.81 (1.77) hour/day, and 2.9 (2.37) in the massage group and 0.56 (2.28) time/day, 0.27 (1.09) hour/day, and 0.02 (1.64) in the rocking group, respectively.Conclusions:This trial of massage treatment for infantile colic showed statistically significant or clinically relevant effect in comparison with the rocking group.

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