Acupuncture for infantile colic (completed)
Infantile colic is a painful and insufficiently understood condition in the first months of infancy. No consistent treatment recommendations exist. General practitioners (GPs) educated in Western medical acupuncture use acupuncture to relieve symptoms of infantile colic.
About the project
In a prospective, multicentre single-blind randomized controlled study, involving 13 GP´s offices throughout Southern Norway, we aim to test the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment has effect above placebo in infantile colic.
The pilot study is published in Acupuncture in medicine in March 2011.
Financing
General Practice Research Foundation
Start
2009
Publications
Skjeie, Holgeir; Skonnord, Trygve T.; Fetveit, Arne; Brekke, Mette.
A pilot study of ST36 acupuncture for infantile colic. Acupuncture in Medicine 2011 s. -