PMID- 25952121
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160201
LR  - 20150508
IS  - 2093-8152 (Electronic)
IS  - 2005-2901 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Apr
TI  - Effect of Combined Manual Acupuncture and Massage on Body Weight and Body Mass 
      Index Reduction in Obese and Overweight Women: A Randomized, Short-term Clinical 
      Trial.
PG  - 61-5
LID - S2005-2901(14)00148-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jams.2014.08.001 [doi]
AB  - Obesity is one of the leading health risk factors worldwide and is associated 
      with several other risk factors and health problems. Acupuncture is utilized to 
      treat a variety of health problems, one of which is obesity. Fifty-six obese 
      women with body mass index (BMI) >/=25 kg/m(2) were recruited for this trial and 
      were randomly divided into two groups, one with combined manual acupuncture and 
      massage therapy (MAMT), and the other with only manual acupuncture therapy (MAT). 
      In addition, 40 overweight women with BMI 23-25 kg/m(2) were randomly divided 
      into two groups, one with MAMT and the other with MAT. Therapy was carried out 
      once per day for 21 days, and the body weights and the BMIs were recorded every 
      day. The results showed that both MAMT and MAT could reduce body weight and BMI 
      significantly, compared with the pretreatment values, for all the participants 
      (p < 0.001); however, the differences in body weight and BMI reductions between 
      pre- and posttreatment for the MAMT and the MAT groups were not statistically 
      significant. The optimal periods for reductions in both body weight and in BMI 
      were the first 4 days. Accounting for the economic strategy (time and money) in 
      alternative therapy, MAT alone may present a reasonable option in the treatment 
      of overweight and obesity in adults.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - He, Junfeng
AU  - He J
AD  - Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital to 
      Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Liuyang City, China; Institute of TCM 
      Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
FAU - Zhang, Xing
AU  - Zhang X
AD  - Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital to 
      Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Liuyang City, China.
FAU - Qu, Yating
AU  - Qu Y
AD  - Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 
      China.
FAU - Huang, Huiyong
AU  - Huang H
AD  - Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 
      China. Electronic address: 59421149@qq.com.
FAU - Liu, Xia
AU  - Liu X
AD  - Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 
      China.
FAU - Du, Jia
AU  - Du J
AD  - Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 
      China.
FAU - Guo, Shengtong
AU  - Guo S
AD  - Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140921
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - J Acupunct Meridian Stud
JT  - Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies
JID - 101490763
SB  - IM
MH  - Acupuncture Therapy/*methods
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight/physiology
MH  - China
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Massage/*methods
MH  - Obesity/*physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Overweight/physiopathology/*therapy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - acupuncture
OT  - body mass index
OT  - massage
OT  - obesity
OT  - overweight
EDAT- 2015/05/09 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/02 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/09 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/08/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/08/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - S2005-2901(14)00148-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jams.2014.08.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2015 Apr;8(2):61-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2014.08.001. 
      Epub 2014 Sep 21.