Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

168

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2021

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2021

Conditions
Central Obesity
Interventions
OTHER

acupuncture

"Body electro-acupuncture will choose eight acupoints as Tianshu(ST-25), Daheng(SP-15), Daimai(GB-26), Qihai(CV-6), Zhongwan(CV-12), Zusanli (ST-36), Fenlong(ST-40), Sanyinjiao(SP-6).Disposable acupuncture needles (verum acupuncture needles asia-med Special No. 16 with 0.30 x 0.30mm matching the Streitberger sham-needles) will be inserted at a depth of 10-25 mm into the points.~We will also deliver electrical stimulation with dense-disperse waves with 50Hz at 10 volts through electrical acupuncture stimulation instrument (ES-160 6-Channel Programmable Electro-acupuncture) to the abdominal points. The bodily needles will be retained for 30 minutes."

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Linda Zhong, Kowloon Tong

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

OTHER_GOV

lead

Hong Kong Baptist University

OTHER

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