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KMID : 1234920120120020001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2012 Volume.12 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.7
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Review on Clinical Trials of Catgut Embedding for Obesity Treatment
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Song Mi-Young
Kim Ho-Jun
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this report was to review the clinical trials of the catgut embedding for obesity treatment.
Methods: We searched the clinical trial papers with key words of obesity and catgut embedding via searching Pubmed, Scopus and KISS etc.
Results: We reviewed 8 searched articles, 7 articles were conducted in China and only 1 article was published in Korea. Most of Chinese articles used acupuncture as a control group and revealed the equality or superiority of catgut embedding in body weight loss. The only Korean article, which was uncontrolled, implanted catgut in localized fat area, it had changes partially in fat thick, body size.
Conclusions: The acupoint catgut embedding has the efficacy of body weight loss, but to confirm the efficacy of localized fat loss, more randomized controlled trials are needed.
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KEYWORD
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Catgut embedding, Obesity, Review
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