Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02108236
Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Obesity and Over-weight People
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 110 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for obesity and overweight people in China.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-10-01
- First posted
- 2014-04-09
- Last updated
- 2015-03-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02108236. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.