Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture for Simple Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Yanling GaoYi WangJing ZhouZhihai HuYin ShiPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2020)
For treating simple obesity, electroacupuncture is superior to other interventions such as acupuncture, acupoint catgut embedding therapy, and simple lifestyle modification for improvement in body fat rate, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio, although not hip circumference. Acupoint analysis revealed that ST25, CV12, CV4, SP6, and ST36 can form the basis for electroacupuncture therapy for the treatment of simple obesity.
Keyphrases
- body mass index
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- weight gain
- insulin resistance
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- body weight
- physical activity
- neuropathic pain
- systematic review
- cardiovascular disease
- total hip arthroplasty
- spinal cord injury
- stem cells
- single cell
- bone marrow
- spinal cord
- blood brain barrier
- combination therapy
- brain injury