PMID- 16491747
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160423
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0255-2930 (Print)
IS  - 0255-2930 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Jan
TI  - [Multicentral randomized controlled study on acupuncture at Sifeng (EX-UE 10) for 
      treatment of infantile malnutrition].
PG  - 3-7
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Sifeng (EX-UE 10) on 
      infantile malnutrition. METHODS: Multicentral, randomized, controlled and single 
      blind test was adopted. 222 infants of malnutrition were divided into an 
      acupuncture group (n=110) and a medicine group (n=112). The acupuncture group 
      were treated with acupuncture at bilateral Sifeng (EX-UE 10), once each week, for 
      4 times; and the medicine group were treated with oral administration of Yiqi 
      Jianpi Oral Liquid, twice each day, one ample each time, for 4 weeks. The 
      therapeutic effect was evaluated by improvement of symptoms and signs in the 
      syndrome cumulative score scale, and changes of serum insulin-like growth 
      factor-I (IGF-I), pre-albumin (PA), hemoglobin and red-cell count. RESULTS: Two 
      hundred and twenty-two cases were enrolled in the 4 centers and 212 cases 
      completed the test. The acupuncture group in improvement of appetite, body 
      weight, subcutaneous fat thickness of the abdomen, etc. were superior to the 
      medicine group (P < 0.01), but there was no significant difference between the 
      two groups in improvement of the body height. There was no significant increase 
      of serum IGF-I level in the two groups, and the acupuncture group in increase of 
      PA was superior to the medicine group (P < 0.05). After treatment, hemoglobin and 
      red-cell count increased significantly in the treatment group (P < 0.01), and 
      hemoglobin increased significantly in the medicine group. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture 
      at Sifeng (EX-UE 10) has obvious therapeutic effect on infantile malnutrition.
FAU - Liang, Fan-rong
AU  - Liang FR
AD  - Chengdu University of TCM, Sichuan 610075, China. lfr@cdutcm.edu.cn
FAU - Xia, Xiao-hong
AU  - Xia XH
FAU - Peng, Xiao-hong
AU  - Peng XH
FAU - Yuan, Xiu-li
AU  - Yuan XL
FAU - Xu, Lin-bo
AU  - Xu LB
FAU - Liu, Xiao-fan
AU  - Liu XF
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - China
TA  - Zhongguo Zhen Jiu
JT  - Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion
JID - 8600658
SB  - IM
MH  - *Acupuncture Points
MH  - Acupuncture Therapy
MH  - Appetite
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant Nutrition Disorders
MH  - *Single-Blind Method
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2006/02/24 09:00
MHDA- 2016/04/24 06:00
CRDT- 2006/02/24 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/04/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2006 Jan;26(1):3-7.