ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2021
Electro-acupuncture for central obesity: randomized, patient-assessor blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial protocol.
Article in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03815253 (Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity: a Single Blinded Randomized Sham-controlled Clinical Trial
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture Combined with Agomelatine Tablets Therapy in Treating Insomnia After Stroke.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2025Trial
- The effects of an anti-inflammatory diet alone or in combination with acupuncture on mental health, anthropometric indices, and metabolic status in diabetic patients with depression: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2025Trial
- Effect of Electroacupuncture on Intestinal Mucosal Barrier in IBS-D Rats: Analysis Based on RNA-seq.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026Article
- Effect of electroacupuncture on anxiety in patients with obesity: a protocol for a randomised, blinded, sham-controlled trial.BMJ open · 2025Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is a common medical condition. Among all the classifications of obesity, central obesity is considered to be a significant threat on the health of individuals. Scientific researches have demonstrated that the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat is associated with higher metabolic and cardiovascular disease risks independently from Body Mass Index (BMI). Our previous research found that the combination of electro-acupuncture and auricular acupressure could significantly reduce the body weight and the BMI compared to sham control group. METHODS/
designThis is a patient-assessor blinded, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial on electro-acupuncture for central obesity. One hundred sixty-eight participants with central obesity will be randomly assigned to two groups, which are the acupuncture group and the sham control group. The whole study duration will be 8-week treatment plus 8-week follow up. The primary outcome is the change in waist circumference before and after the treatment. The secondary outcomes include the changes in hip circumference, waist-to-hip circumference ratio, BMI and body fat percentage during the treatment and follow-up.
conclusionThe trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture for central obesity compared with sham acupuncture. The study may provide the solid evidence of electro-acupuncture on central obesity in Hong Kong.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03815253 ,Registered 24 Jan 2019.
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