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KMID : 1234920080080010023
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2008 Volume.8 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.32
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Review on Clinical Trials of Acupuncture Application for Obesity Treatment in SCOPUS
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Jeong Jae-Hyuk
Lee Chang-Hoon
Kim Yong-Suk
Lee Kyung-Sub
Hwang Deok-Sang
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Abstract
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Objectives: We aimed at reviewing the clinical trials of the acupuncture application for obesity treatment, recently.
Methods: We searched the clinical trials papers with keywords of obesity, weight loss, overweight, obese and acupuncture and limited method to clinical trial since 2006 in the search site, Scopus.
Results & Conclusion: We reveiwed 13 articles searched. Recently, acupuncture application for obesity treatment were 3 types ; traditional acupuncture, auricular acupuncture and electroacupuncture. In the 13 articles, 6 articles were uncontrolled trials and 7 were controlled trials. Acupuncture application were effective method to decrease weight and to improve complication such as Polycystic ovarian syndrome, insulin resistance and psychological symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, Acupuncture, Review, Weight Loss
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