120
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
February 29, 2016
Study Completion Date
February 29, 2016
Real acupuncture
"manual acupuncture (bilateral LI4, LI11, SP6, ST25, ST28, ST36) + electroacupuncture (middle CV6, CV12), twice a week, for 6 weeks~common approaches for the treatment of obesity used by doctors of Korean medicine in Korea today"
Sham acupuncture
"sham acupuncture (bilateral LI4, LI11, SP6, ST25, ST28, ST36) + placebo acupuncture without electrical stimulation (middle CV6, CV12), twice a week, for 6 weeks~sham acupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Acuprime, UK) as control for manual acupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea)~placebo acupuncture without electrical stimulation as control for electroacupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 90mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea)"
Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
OTHER