The effect of hydrotherapy on the incidence of common cold episodes in children: a randomised clinical trial

Grüber, Christoph; Riesberg, Annette; Mansmann, Ulrich; Knipschild, Paul; Wahn, Ulrich; Bühring, M.

doi:10.1007/s00431-002-1138-y

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“…A strong seasonality of common colds in childhood has been discussed earlier (6–8). In our study, episodes occurred predominantly during the winter months, when the incidence was threefold as high as in summer months.…”

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confidence: 73%

History of respiratory infections in the first 12 yr among children from a birth cohort

Grüber¹,

Keil²,

Kulig³

et al. 2008

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

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Respiratory infections are the most frequent health problem in childhood. There is little precise information on how many respiratory illness episodes can be expected in a normal child. This study was designed to create reference values for the frequency of respiratory infections as recordable by history. Respiratory illnesses were recorded in a prospective birth cohort of 1314 German children born in 1990 and tracked until age 12 yr (760 children). Parents recorded the child's illnesses in a diary and answered structured questions yearly up to age 12. Age of study subjects was categorized into infancy (0-2 yr), pre-school age (3-5 yr), and school age (6-12 yr). The mean cumulative number of respiratory infection episodes up to age 12 yr was 21.9 (s.d. 9.0) episodes. In infancy, the mean annual number was 3.4 (3.7) episodes; at pre-school age, 2.3 (2.6) episodes; and at school, age 1.1 (1.2) episodes. The mean cumulative time of episodes up to age 7 yr was 20.1 (15.2) wk. Forty-five percent of the infants in the upper episode incidence tertile continued to be in the upper tertile at school age. Based on a twofold standard deviation of the mean number, up to 11 respiratory infection episodes per year in infancy, 8 episodes per year at pre-school age, and 4 episodes per year at school age could be regarded as normal. Episodes within these reference values per se should not cause unwarranted concern or intervention because of suspected immunodeficiency.

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History of respiratory infections in the first 12 yr among children from a birth cohort

Grüber¹,

Keil²,

Kulig³

et al. 2008

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

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“…We excluded six studies that did not meet the inclusion criteria; three were previously excluded (Baroody 2000;Grübber 2003;Yerushalmi 1980), and three were excluded from the 2017 search (Murdoch 2014;Varricchio 2013;Yu 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Three studies assessed populations that were not relevant to this review (Baroody 2000;Yerushalmi 1980;Yu 2013); two investigated interventions that this review did not assess (Grübber 2003;Varricchio 2013); and one reported on an intervention and population not relevant to this review (Murdoch 2014).…”

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Heated, humidified air for the common cold

Singh

2017

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; RCT: randomised controlled trial GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect.

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“…Cold and warm water treatments increase blood flow and result in the training of blood vessels, which leads to a stabilization of the immune system [ 6 ]. A variety of benefits have been described, including a lowering of the frequency of coughing in respiratory tract infections and various immunological modulations [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. As most children love water, washings, arm- and foot-baths, and walking in dew, snow, and water are perfect ways to playfully help in the prevention of common colds [ 7 ].…”

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Applied Pediatric Integrative Medicine: What We Can Learn from the Ancient Teachings of Sebastian Kneipp in a Kindergarten Setting

Eckert¹,

Anheyer

2018

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Pediatric integrative medicine focuses on the whole child and the environment in which the child grows up during the treatment of a child’s illness. Nowadays, many different treatment modalities are applied even in children, and doctors need to know about them and, ideally, be able to apply different approaches in the process of treating a child themselves. The program Pediatric Integrative Medicine in Residency (PIMR) already provides residents with several tools to provide this kind of service for the child. In our PIMR pilot program in Germany, we chose to diversify our knowledge about treatment and prevention options by visiting a Kneipp-certified kindergarten in Germany. The philosophy of Sebastian Kneipp focuses on five pillars of health, which incorporate aspects of prevention, self-awareness, self-responsibility, and consciousness of health by means of hydrotherapy, herbal medicine, exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle-medicine. These are being taught to the children during the early years they spend in kindergarten, and represent integral parts of integrative medicine. Integration of Kneipp-based health programs within a kindergarten setting can work well and provides an effective means of early prevention education in childhood.

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The effect of hydrotherapy on the incidence of common cold episodes in children: a randomised clinical trial

Abstract: This study does not demonstrate any beneficial effect of hydrotherapy on preschool children with frequent common colds.

Cited by 26 publications

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History of respiratory infections in the first 12 yr among children from a birth cohort

History of respiratory infections in the first 12 yr among children from a birth cohort

Heated, humidified air for the common cold

Applied Pediatric Integrative Medicine: What We Can Learn from the Ancient Teachings of Sebastian Kneipp in a Kindergarten Setting

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