RESEARCH ARTICLE
Does Visceral Osteopathic Treatment Accelerate Meconium Passage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants?- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Nadja Haiden1*, Birgit Pimpel1, Alexandra Kreissl1, Bernd Jilma2, Angelika Berger1 1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine and Neuropediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria * [email protected]
Abstract Background OPEN ACCESS Citation: Haiden N, Pimpel B, Kreissl A, Jilma B, Berger A (2015) Does Visceral Osteopathic Treatment Accelerate Meconium Passage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants?- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123530. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123530 Academic Editor: Robert K Hills, Cardiff University, UNITED KINGDOM
To determine whether the complementary approach of visceral manipulative osteopathic treatment accelerates complete meconium excretion and improves feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants.
Methods This study was a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in premature infants with a birth weight
Does Visceral Osteopathic Treatment Accelerate Meconium Passage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants?- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Nadja Haiden1*, Birgit Pimpel1, Alexandra Kreissl1, Bernd Jilma2, Angelika Berger1 1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine and Neuropediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria * [email protected]
Abstract Background OPEN ACCESS Citation: Haiden N, Pimpel B, Kreissl A, Jilma B, Berger A (2015) Does Visceral Osteopathic Treatment Accelerate Meconium Passage in Very Low Birth Weight Infants?- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123530. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123530 Academic Editor: Robert K Hills, Cardiff University, UNITED KINGDOM
To determine whether the complementary approach of visceral manipulative osteopathic treatment accelerates complete meconium excretion and improves feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants.
Methods This study was a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in premature infants with a birth weight
