Highest Weight Loss and Abdominal Adiposity Loss With Hypocaloric Diet Plan and Auricular Acupuncture

Weight Loss Clinical Trial

Official title:

Highest Weight Loss and Abdominal Adiposity Loss With Hypocaloric Diet Plan and Auricular Acupuncture

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04834180
• Other study ID #: uportoweightloss
• Secondary ID: uportoweightloss
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 15, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The implications of obesity, especially visceral fat, in health are well known. It would be desirable to control obesity by safe and effective treatment modalities. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture (AA) on body weight loss in a Portuguese sample.

Description:

Methods: After a pre-study, a prospective experimental randomized, controlled and single-blinded study was conducted. The sample included 31 adult women with ages ranging from 20 to 51 years old. The groups had a frequency of physical activity ≥ 2 and ≤ 4 times per week. Individuals with BMI ≤ 24.9 Kg/m2 and pregnant women excluded from the study. All participants were then randomized into one of three groups: group 1 was treated with Vaccaria seeds plus diet therapy, group 2 with ASP needles plus diet therapy and finally, group 3 received only diet therapy. A licensed nutritionist prescribed the hypocaloric diet plan. Baseline evaluation included anthropometric measures collected according to standardized procedures. They received two treatments per week for a total of 6 weeks. After one month of follow-up, all the anthropometric measures were reevaluated. Main Parameters: Weight/body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Secondary parameters: Waist to height ratio (WHtR), weight and Body Mass Index (BMI).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 31
• Est. completion date: December 15, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults

• Unfamiliar to acupuncture

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychotropic medication

• Psychiatric or thyroid disorders

• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdominal Obesity
• Body Weight
• Obesity, Abdominal
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Hypocaloric diet plan
The hypocaloric diet is one in which there is a reduction of daily calories or foods with high caloric density usually in order to aid weight loss.

Other:
• Auricular Acupuncture
Auriculotherapy is a technique derived from traditional acupuncture developed into a distinct treatment system of its own. It is based on either, the introduction of needles (auricular acupuncture), or pressure with Vaccaria seeds (acupressure). Those forms of auriculotherapy are applied on a set of anatomical maps at a specific point in the auricular region.
• Acupressure
Auriculotherapy is a technique derived from traditional acupuncture developed into a distinct treatment system of its own. It is based on either, the introduction of needles (auricular acupuncture), or pressure with Vaccaria seeds (acupressure). Those forms of auriculotherapy are applied on a set of anatomical maps at a specific point in the auricular region.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Andreia Vieira

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Weight (kg)	TANITA® bio-impedance scale (model 762)	1 month
Primary	Waist Perimeter (cm)	tape measure from SECA® (model 203)	1 month
Primary	height (cm)	SECA® stadiometer (model 208)	1 month
Primary	body fat (%)	TANITA® bio-impedance scale (model 762)	1 month
Primary	Body mass index (kg/m2)	Body mass index is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height.	1 month
Primary	Waist-to-height ratio (cm2)	The WHTR was obtained by dividing the waist circumference (cm) by height (cm).	1 month