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

Wonkwang University

Status and phase

Unknown

Phase 3

Conditions

Obesity

Treatments

Device: Intradermal Acupuncture Treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00414505

K06070

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment

180 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

20 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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,