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Research on Mechanism of Massage Therapy on Energy Metabolism Disorder of Simple Obesity

NCT02339480 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2017-08-09

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Summary

This project is to penetrate and consummate the research mechanism of massage therapy on simple obesity. Latest researches indicate that the energy regulation network system of hypothalamus and metabolic disorders on adipocyte may be the pathological bases which result in obesity. The research group have firstly conducted effect studies of massage therapy on model of simple obesity rats and observed some neurobiological mechanism (whole effect mechanism), meanwhile, the team have discussed influences on the development of preadipocyte and function of endocrine with dynamic mechanical stimulation in vitro (local effect mechanism). This research aims at centering on the hypothesis that massage therapy can act on energy regulation network system of hypothalamus specifically, thus regulating the energy metabolic disorders. Then applying functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore whether patients with simple obesity exist abnormality on energy regulation network system of hypothalamus, ascertain mechanisms how massage therapy treat energy metabolism disorders of simple obesity, deepen mechanism study on how massage therapy prevent and treat obesity and enrich the clinical application's scientific connotation that massage therapy treat simple obesity.

Conditions

  • Simple Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Massage therapy

Healthy volunteers do not accept treatment, just to be a control group to compare with obesity group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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