Research on Mechanism of Massage Therapy on Energy Metabolism Disorder of Simple Obesity

Simple Obesity Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02339480
• Other study ID #: 20141021
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 13, 2015
• Last updated: August 8, 2017
• Start date: July 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project is to penetrate and consummate the research mechanism of massage therapy on simple obesity. Latest researches indicate that the energy regulation network system of hypothalamus and metabolic disorders on adipocyte may be the pathological bases which result in obesity. The research group have firstly conducted effect studies of massage therapy on model of simple obesity rats and observed some neurobiological mechanism (whole effect mechanism), meanwhile, the team have discussed influences on the development of preadipocyte and function of endocrine with dynamic mechanical stimulation in vitro (local effect mechanism). This research aims at centering on the hypothesis that massage therapy can act on energy regulation network system of hypothalamus specifically, thus regulating the energy metabolic disorders. Then applying functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore whether patients with simple obesity exist abnormality on energy regulation network system of hypothalamus, ascertain mechanisms how massage therapy treat energy metabolism disorders of simple obesity, deepen mechanism study on how massage therapy prevent and treat obesity and enrich the clinical application's scientific connotation that massage therapy treat simple obesity.

Description:

This project will divide in two groups,healthy volunteers and obesity group.Healthy volunteers do not accept any treatment while obesity group need accept massage therapy three times a week,18 times in total.And two groups will be checked by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Healthy volunteers for once and obesity group for twice(before treatment, obesity group's image of fMRI will compare with Healthy volunteers' and the image which is taken after treatment)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1.above 20% of the normal weight;BMI=25.0;F%=30%;

2.18—60 years old;

3.Patients agreeing and signing the Informed Consent for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The individuals do not adhere to the treatment or are with other treatments.

2. Secondary obesity, eg:pituitary diseases, hypothalamic disorder, hypothyroidism, pancreatic diseases,hyperadrenocorticism, postmenopausal obesity etc.

3. Having therapy for obesity in the last two weeks.

4. The individuals with server cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer.

5. Critical patients or patients combined with liver and kidney damage.

6. Individuals with psychosis.

7. Female individuals with pregnancy, lactation and planning a pregnancy in the two months.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Obesity, Morbid
• Simple Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• Massage therapy
Healthy volunteers do not accept treatment, just to be a control group to compare with obesity group

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Guiyang College of Troditional Chinese Medicine	Gui Yang	Guizhou

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	image of hypothalamus of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)		before treatment and 6 weeks after treatment
Primary	body mass index(BMI)		6 weeks after treatment
Secondary	Body Weight		6 weeks after treatment
Secondary	waistline		6 weeks after treatment
Secondary	hip line		6 weeks after treatment
Secondary	thigh line		6 weeks after treatment
Secondary	percentage of body fat		6 weeks after treatment