A Randomized Controlled Double Blinding Study of Intradermal Acupuncture Treatment on Obesity

Wonkwang University180 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether intradermal acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of obesity.

Recently the Studies of auricular acupuncture or Common Acupuncture on obesity have been conducted. Saam acupuncture, the Korean unique acupuncture, is famous with its high efficacy but not established by the scientific way yet. Thus, we tried a double-blind study on the effect of sa-am acupuncture on obesity using intradermal acupuncture.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Intradermal Acupuncture TreatmentDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * BMI\>25, regular menstruation, volunteer Exclusion Criteria: * symptomatic obesity, acupuncture treatment within 3 months, \>120kg, pregnancy or breast-feeding, hemophilia, dementia, mental illness, arrhythmia, liver cirrhosis, renal failure, pace maker, diabete mellitus, tuberculosis, steroid taker,

Locations (1)

Wonkwang University Hospital

Gwangju, South Korea

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Bio-body impedance methods

Secondary Outcomes

Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL LDL cholesterol

Central Contacts

Sung-chul Kim

CONTACT

82-62-670-6442 kscndl@hanmail.net

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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