Effect of laser acupuncture on obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity-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/design

104 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

SUBMITTER: Tseng CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4440285 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature