Osteopathy may decrease obstructive apnea in infants: a pilot study.

Background: Obstructive apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep: breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite effort. The purpose of this study was to test if osteopathy could influence the incidence of obstructive apnea during sleep in infants.

Methods: Thirty-four healthy infants (age: 1.