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Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Obesity and Over-weight People

NCT02108236 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2015-03-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for obesity and overweight people in China.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

acupuncture

Zhong-wan (RN12), Liang-men (ST21), Shui-fen (RN9) and Qi-hai (RN6) and bilateral acupuncture points Dai-mai (GB26), Tian-shu (ST25), Zu-sanli (ST36), Feng-long(ST40) and Liang-qiu(ST34) will be applied through the skin by acupuncture for 30 minutes every time. Electro-acupuncture apparatus will be connected to both Dai-mai, Zu-sanli and Feng-long, Zhong-wan and Qi-hai for 30 minutes with interrupted waves (2/100HZ).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sun Zhongren · First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang Chinese Medicine University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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