Key messages from this Snapshot Summary include:

• There is moderate to high quality evidence of benefit for osteopathic treatment for pre-term infants on length of hospital stay.
• There is moderate quality evidence of benefit of manual therapy treatment for infants with ‘colic’ for reduced crying time.
• Only low quality evidence exists for most other manual therapy based treatments for infants and children therefore no conclusions can be made about effectiveness.
• In those studies reporting adverse events no serious adverse events were reported.

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