Electro-acupuncture for central obesity: randomized, patient-assessor blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial protocol
Abstract Background Obesity is a common medical condition. Among all the classifications of obesity, central obesity is considered to be a significant threat on the health of individuals. Scientific researches have demonstrated that the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat is associated with higher m...
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100 | 1 | 0 | |a Linda L. D. Zhong |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Xingyao Wu |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Tsz Fung Lam |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Ying Ping Wong |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Peihua Cao |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Emily Yen Wong |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Shipping Zhang |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Zhaoxiang Bian |e author |
245 | 0 | 0 | |a Electro-acupuncture for central obesity: randomized, patient-assessor blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial protocol |
260 | |b BMC, |c 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z. | ||
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520 | |a Abstract Background Obesity is a common medical condition. Among all the classifications of obesity, central obesity is considered to be a significant threat on the health of individuals. Scientific researches have demonstrated that the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat is associated with higher metabolic and cardiovascular disease risks independently from Body Mass Index (BMI). Our previous research found that the combination of electro-acupuncture and auricular acupressure could significantly reduce the body weight and the BMI compared to sham control group. Methods/design This is a patient-assessor blinded, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial on electro-acupuncture for central obesity. One hundred sixty-eight participants with central obesity will be randomly assigned to two groups, which are the acupuncture group and the sham control group. The whole study duration will be 8-week treatment plus 8-week follow up. The primary outcome is the change in waist circumference before and after the treatment. The secondary outcomes include the changes in hip circumference, waist-to-hip circumference ratio, BMI and body fat percentage during the treatment and follow-up. Conclusion The trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture for central obesity compared with sham acupuncture. The study may provide the solid evidence of electro-acupuncture on central obesity in Hong Kong. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03815253 ,Registered 24 Jan 2019. | ||
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690 | |a Central obesity | ||
690 | |a Electro-acupuncture | ||
690 | |a Randomized controlled trial | ||
690 | |a Efficacy and safety | ||
690 | |a Other systems of medicine | ||
690 | |a RZ201-999 | ||
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786 | 0 | |n BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021) | |
787 | 0 | |n https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 | |
787 | 0 | |n https://doaj.org/toc/2662-7671 | |
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