Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Obesity
Maneno muhimu
Kikemikali
Maelezo
The number of obese people around the world has been increasing rapidly. It has been estimated that over 10% of the world's adult population are obese. Obesity is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, stroke, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer. These deleterious conditions are detrimental to individuals' quality of life, and places emotional and financial burden on the individual, their families, and society as a whole. Much more needs to be done to improve treatments for obesity.
Current methods to treat obesity include dietary intervention, lifestyle intervention, drug intervention, or bariatric surgery. Among these, acupuncture, in a comprehensive program for weight loss, has been increasing in popularity. However, previous systematic reviews assessing the effects of acupuncture on obesity discovered promising but inconclusive results. The low quality methodology used in those trials further reduced the strength of those conclusions. In addition, the lack of safety procedures used in traditional manual acupuncture could lead to adverse events such as retroperitoneal abscess, rapid dermal spread of breast cancer, pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, viral hepatitis, and granuloma.
In comparison with traditional manual acupuncture, laser acupuncture therapy has several advantages. These advantages include ease of application, precision in dose measurement, painlessness, and non-invasiveness. It is a quick and safe therapy with low cost and no risk of infection. As laser acupuncture does not produce local sensation, double blind randomized controlled studies are also much easier to perform.
Laser acupuncture has been widely used in medical fields for over 30 years. Clinical research on the efficacy of laser acupuncture has also increased. Several studies have showed that laser acupuncture could be an effective treatment of obesity. Low-level laser therapy as a non-invasive approach for body contouring and spot fat reduction has also been reported. However, there are several experimental limitations that have to be considered. For instance, absence of placebo (sham) control, combination with low-calorie diet, and lack of sufficient comparative parameters have been questioned . For these reasons, investigators decided to conduct a patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled crossover pilot trial to investigate the effects of laser acupuncture with Gallium Aluminum Arsenide (GaAlAs) laser irradiation on weight loss, fat reduction, body contouring, and quality of life in people suffering from obesity.
Tarehe
Imethibitishwa Mwisho: | 05/31/2014 |
Iliyowasilishwa Kwanza: | 06/13/2014 |
Uandikishaji uliokadiriwa Uliwasilishwa: | 06/16/2014 |
Iliyotumwa Kwanza: | 06/18/2014 |
Sasisho la Mwisho Liliwasilishwa: | 06/16/2014 |
Sasisho la Mwisho Lilichapishwa: | 06/18/2014 |
Tarehe halisi ya kuanza kwa masomo: | 05/31/2014 |
Tarehe ya Kukamilisha Msingi iliyokadiriwa: | 06/30/2016 |
Tarehe ya Kukamilisha Utafiti: | 07/31/2016 |
Hali au ugonjwa
Uingiliaji / matibabu
Device: Laser acupuncture
Awamu
Vikundi vya Arm
Mkono | Uingiliaji / matibabu |
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Active Comparator: Laser acupuncture group Subjects will receive 24 activated laser acupuncture treatments. The laser will be applied for 10 seconds to each of the selected acupuncture points. | |
Sham Comparator: Control group Subjects in the control group will undergo sham laser acupuncture treatment with no laser power output. Acupuncture points, application duration, and total number of treatments will be identical to the Laser acupuncture group. |
Vigezo vya Kustahiki
Zama zinazostahiki Kujifunza | 20 Years Kwa 20 Years |
Jinsia Inastahiki Kujifunza | All |
Hupokea Wajitolea wa Afya | Ndio |
Vigezo | Inclusion Criteria: - Individuals are eligible if they are above 20 years of age and have a BMI over 25 kg/m2. BMI cutoffs were adopted from a proposed classification of weight by BMI in adult Asians, including the obese I (BMI: 25-29.9 kg/m2) and obese II (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) categories. Exclusion Criteria: - cardiovascular disease - diabetes - endocrine abnormalities - renal disease - contagious skin condition - epilepsy - tumor - mental disorder - pregnant - photosensitivity reactions to laser treatment - uses a pacemaker - used medications known to affect one's weight up to one month in advance - un-willing to comply with the study protocol |
Matokeo
Hatua za Matokeo ya Msingi
1. BMI change from baseline [week 26]
Hatua za Matokeo ya Sekondari
1. Body fat percentage [week 26]
2. Waist-to-Hip ratio (WHR) [week 26]
3. Hunger [week 26]
4. Quality of life [week 26]
Hatua Nyingine za Matokeo
1. Skin fold thickness [week 26]
2. Thigh circumference [week 26]
3. Blood pressure [week 26]
4. Heart rate [week 26]