ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
Auricular Acupuncture Associated with Reduced Waist Circumference in Overweight Women-A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06091761 (Efficacy and Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture Combined With Auricular Acupuncture for Overweight and Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Efficacy and Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture Combined With Auricular Acupuncture for Overweight and Obesity: Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of auricular stimulation on weight- and obesity-related parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Investigating the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Mechanisms of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Obesity: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- Adding thread-embedding acupuncture to auricular acupuncture enhances short-term weight reduction in overweight and obesity: A double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- The Effect of Auriculotherapy on an Overweight Pregnant Women's Weight-Gaining Pattern: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Obesity Animal Models for Acupuncture and Related Therapy Research Studies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Obesity and subsequent ill health have reached epidemic proportions in developed countries, and many developing countries are on the same trajectory. Weight loss and sustaining a healthy weight have posed a significant challenge for individuals, patients, health-care providers, and public health experts. The literature suggests that dietary advice and lifestyle changes alone have limited sustainable impact for those who are seeking to achieve a healthy weight. Supplementary techniques to control weight, such as acupuncture and auricular acupuncture (AA), have shown mixed results and failed to clearly demonstrate a conclusive impact. This study aimed to provide clarity about the impact of AA on weight loss via a randomized controlled trial. Data were collected from patients to identify measurable girth reduction, weight loss, dietary choices, and mood changes over seven weekly sessions of AA (
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