作者机构：
[刘霞] College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Hunan University of CM, Changsha 410208, China;[杜佳; 何军锋; 刘志君; 蒋鹏飞; 屈娅婷; 郭胜童] Institute of Diagnostic, Hunan University of CM, Changsha 410208, China;[何军锋] Liuyang TCM Hospital, Liuyang 410300, Hunan Province, China;[何军锋; 胡岳山] Evidence-Based Oriental Medicine, Sioux Falls 57108, USA
期刊：
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies,2016年9(2):58-64 ISSN：2005-2901
通讯作者：
Jun-Feng He
作者机构：
[Du, Jia; Liu, Xia; Liu, Zhi-Jun; Guo, Sheng-Tong; Jiang, Peng-Fei] Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China;Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liuyang, China. Electronic address: 59421149@qq.com;[Qu, Ya-Ting; Pu, Qing-Yang] Xiangxing College of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China;[He, Jun-Feng] Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liuyang, China
通讯机构：
[Jun-Feng He] I;Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China<&wdkj&>Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liuyang, China
期刊：
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies,2015年8(2):61-65 ISSN：2005-2901
通讯作者：
Huang, HY
作者机构：
[He, Junfeng; Zhang, Xing] Affiliated Hosp Hunan Univ Chinese Med, Liuyang Hosp Tradit Chinese Med, Liuyang City, Peoples R China.;[Du, Jia; Huang, Huiyong; Qu, Yating; Liu, Xia; Guo, Shengtong] Hunan Univ Chinese Med, Inst TCM Diagnost, 1 Xiangzui Rd, Changsha 410208, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Huang, HY ] ;Institute of TCM Diagnostic, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hanpu Science and Education District, Number 1 Xiangzui Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
关键词：
acupuncture;body mass index;massage;obesity;overweight
摘要：
Obesity is one of the leading health risk factors worldwide and is associated with several other risk factors and health problems. Acupuncture is utilized to treat a variety of health problems, one of which is obesity. Fifty-six obese women with body mass index (BMI) >/=25 kg/m(2) were recruited for this trial and were randomly divided into two groups, one with combined manual acupuncture and massage therapy (MAMT), and the other with only manual acupuncture therapy (MAT). In addition, 40 overweight women with BMI 23-25 kg/m(2) were randomly divided into two groups, one with MAMT and the other with MAT. Therapy was carried out once per day for 21 days, and the body weights and the BMIs were recorded every day. The results showed that both MAMT and MAT could reduce body weight and BMI significantly, compared with the pretreatment values, for all the participants (p < 0.001); however, the differences in body weight and BMI reductions between pre- and posttreatment for the MAMT and the MAT groups were not statistically significant. The optimal periods for reductions in both body weight and in BMI were the first 4 days. Accounting for the economic strategy (time and money) in alternative therapy, MAT alone may present a reasonable option in the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults.
