Effects of Acupuncture Therapy on Abdominal Fat and Hepatic Fat Content in Obese Children: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Zhang, Hong; Yun, Peng; Liu, ZuXiang; Li, Shilian; Lv, Zhongli; Tian, Liang; Zhu, Jie; Zhao, Xüna; Chen, Min

doi:10.1089/acm.2010.0322

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“…Also, the results were confirmed by Zhang et al [23] was demonstrating that acupuncture therapy significantly reduces BMI and abdominal adipose tissue by reducing abdominal visceral fat content without significant changes in body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue. Thus, the use of acupuncture therapy to selectively target a reduction in abdominal visceral fat content should become more important and more popular in the future.…”

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Effect of electro acupuncture versus low level laser therapy on lipid profile in obesity

Mohamed¹,

Yousef²,

Ata³

2018

Phys Ther Rehabil

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Background: Obesity is becoming increasingly common in the general population and is associated with several other conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease. Abnormal blood lipids have been firmly established as a modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. However, medical practice in the area of lipid management is highly variable and has not been aggressively pursued for large number of patients that may be at risk. Purpose: This study aimed to find out the effectiveness of electro acupuncture versus low level laser therapy on lipid profile in obesity. Methods: Forty five patients including both male and female with mean age 39.93±3.47 and BMI 37.98±1.24 were enrolled in the study and divided randomly in to three groups. Group A had received LLLT (632.8nm-16J/cm

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Effect of electro acupuncture versus low level laser therapy on lipid profile in obesity

Mohamed¹,

Yousef²,

Ata³

2018

Phys Ther Rehabil

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“…Algumas tecnologias modernas têm sido utilizadas para avaliações do efeito da acupuntura na área de estética. Neste contexto encontrou-se o estudo de Zhang et al 19 que utilizou a acupuntura e avaliou com ressonância magnética e espectroscopia por ressonância magnética de próton, constataram que a acupuntura reduziu significativamente o te- cido adiposo abdominal e índice de massa corpórea (IMC) na amostra, embora não obteve redução de circunferência abdominal. Aponta assim que há recursos de avaliação mais criteriosos para avaliação e abre campo para melhores entendimentos do mecanismo pelo qual a acupuntura pode funcionar.…”

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Redução de Medidas Abdominais com Eletroacupuntura: Estudo Experimental

Consul¹,

Silvério-Lopes²,

Carneiro-Suliano³

2015

Rev Bras Terap Saúde

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Resumo: Contextualização: O desejo de melhoras nos aspectos estéticos tem sido foco feminino. Na mulher, o tecido adiposo se concentra com maior intensidade nos quadris, glúteos e abdômen. A acupuntura tem se mostrado uma possibilidade de recurso complementar em estética. Objetivo: Avaliar os resultados da eletroacupuntura na redução de medidas abdominais. Metodologia: Ensaio clínico experimental, com grupo controle. Amostra com 20 mulheres com IMC entre 19,4 a 27,7 e idades de 23 a 36 anos, distribuídas por sorteio em 2 grupos iguais, grupo teste e grupo controle. Utilizaram-se agulhas descartáveis 0,30×30mm e 0,30×50 mm da marca Dong Bang R e eletroestimulador para acupuntura da marca NKL R , modelo Ominipax. Utilizou-se a mensuração da circunferência abdominal, sendo feita três medidas; 5 cm acima da cicatriz umbilical, na cicatriz umbilical e 5 cm abaixo da cicatriz umbilical. Realizaram-se 10 sessões, 2× por semana, sendo que foi estimulados a eletroacupuntura em pontos locais do abdômen, com estímulo contínuo 300Hz por 20 min. e agulhamento sem estímulo em IG4, E36, BP6, C7, VG20 e Yintang. O tempo de retenção das agulhas foi 20 min. Resultados: O grupo teste teve 50% dos voluntários com redução de 5 a 7% de medidas abdominais e os outros 50% de 1 a 4%. No grupo controle, 70% das voluntárias não obtiveram nem ganho e nem perda de medidas abdominais, 20% obtiveram 1% de perda e 10% teve aumento de medidas abdominais. Conclusão: Embora discretos os percentuais de redução de medidas, eles foram superiores no grupo que recebeu eletroacupuntura.

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“…A single publication was identified for each of four other conditions: intellectual disability 43 ; brachial plexus neuropathy 44 ; obesity 45 ; and mumps 46 (Table 14). For the article on mumps, a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration, the researchers were unable to locate trials that met the predefined inclusion criteria.…”

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Acupuncture for Pediatric Conditions: A Narrative Review

Milley

Davis

Kong

et al. 2015

Medical Acupuncture

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Background: The use of acupuncture for common pediatric conditions continues to grow. Three previous overviews have summarized the research literature. Objective: The aim of this article is to provide an updated narrative review of the literature on the use of acupuncture within the pediatric population. Methods: A systematic search was performed to identify clinical trials and reviews published through July 2015. Trials were excluded if they were not: (1) acupuncture-specific; (2) limited to pediatric patients; (3) published in English. The literature was assessed and synthesized into a narrative review and commentary. Results: Seventy-one publications were identified (59 clinical trials and 12 reviews) that represented 20 conditions. Since the prior overviews, 36 new publications (33 clinical trials) were identified and represented nine countries; the top three were China, Norway, and the United States. The top five areas of research at that timepoint were autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, colic, pain, and nausea and vomiting. Conclusions: Clinical trials in pediatric acupuncture (n = 59) represent a small subset of acupuncture research. Data are promising for conditions such as pain and amblyopia; however, conclusions cannot be made due to limited number of trials and heterogeneity of treatment approaches. Specifically, caution is warranted, as acupuncture needling of a single acupoint in clinical research may not be equivalent to acupuncture treatment in clinical practice. Further research on the use of acupuncture for pediatric conditions is warranted. The current authors posit that the early phase research model, with pragmatic treatment approaches, should be employed to all areas of study. The conditions with promising evidence may represent key areas of focus for future research.

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Effects of Acupuncture Therapy on Abdominal Fat and Hepatic Fat Content in Obese Children: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Effect of electro acupuncture versus low level laser therapy on lipid profile in obesity

Effect of electro acupuncture versus low level laser therapy on lipid profile in obesity

Redução de Medidas Abdominais com Eletroacupuntura: Estudo Experimental

Acupuncture for Pediatric Conditions: A Narrative Review

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