NCT05219227

Effect of Laser Acupuncture Augmented by Abdominal Exercises on Abdominal Fat

Effect of 12 Session of Laser Acupuncture Augmented by Abdominal Exercises on Abdominal Fat in Obese Breast-feeding Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

the aim of study is to investigate the effect of laser acupuncture and abdominal exercises on abdominal fat in breast feeding women

Detailed description

Forty breast feeding women aged between 20 and 35 years will recruited to the study in the women health department faculty of physical therapy clinic, kafr el sheikh university , Egypt. The evaluation procedures will explained to each participant. participants will be divided into two groups Group A : received laser acupuncture, diet modification and abdominal exercises Group B: received diet modification and abdominal exercises only Out come measurement BW, BMI, body fat mass (BFM), body fat percent, waist girth, hip girth, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were measured at baseline and the end of treatment. BW, BMI, BFM, and body fat percent were measured using the body composition analyzer (Model Inbody 3.0, Republic of Korea).

Conditions

• Obesity, Abdominal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	laser acupuncture and abdominal exercises	laser acupuncture on certain point on the abdomen The following abdominal acupuncture points were irradiated: Cv 8 (Shenque), St 25 (Tianshu, bilateral), and Sp 15 (Daheng , bilateral). The laser irradiations were applied directly to the skin of the points with a perpendicular beam. 478 J/cm2 Abdominal exercises: Types of abdominal exercises: 1. Static abdominal exercises: 2. Dynamic abdominal exercises: * Hip shrugging exercise from crook lying position: * Lateral flexion of the trunk from crook lying position: * Antero-posterior flexion of the trunk from crook lying position:

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-08-01
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2022-02-02
• Last updated: 2022-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt