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Effect of laser acupuncture on obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02167308 (Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Obesity: a Patient-Assessor-Blinded, Randomized, Sham-controlled Crossover Trial
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Transabdominal photobiomodulation applications: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Laser Acupuncture and Dietary Intervention on Key Obesity Parameters.Medical acupuncture · 2020Article
- Targeting TRPV1 for Body Weight Control using TRPV1(-/-) Mice and Electroacupuncture.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundObesity-related diseases have a profound economic impact on health care systems. Laser acupuncture has been shown to have beneficial effects on obesity. However, to our knowledge, those trials were either non-randomized, non-blinded or included low-calorie diet control. We have, therefore, designed a patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled crossover trial to investigate the significance of laser acupuncture on obesity. METHODS/
design104 subjects above 20 years of age with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m(2) will be divided into 2 groups: experimental and control. Each subject will receive the treatment relevant to their group 3 times a week for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of treatment the subject will enter a 2-week washout period, after which the subjects will switch groups. Measurements will include BMI, body fat percentage, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference, hip circumference, skinfold thickness, thigh circumference, body fat, blood pressure, heart rate, hunger and the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). DISCUSSION: The results of this study will provide the basis for future large-scale multicenter trials investigating the effects of laser acupuncture on obesity.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02167308 ; registration date: 14 June 2014.
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