Clinical study on electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture for treatment of simple obesity / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture and simple electroacupuncture on simple obesity.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture plus manual acupuncture group (observation group, n = 63) and a simple electroacupuncture group (electroacupuncture group, n = 57). Their clinical therapeutic effects and the time starting the therapeutic effect were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the observation group 57 cases (90.5%) were cured and the total effective rate was 100.0%, and in the electroacupuncture group 42 cases (73.7%) were cured and the total effective rate was 96.5%, with significant difference in the cured rate between the two groups (P < 0.05); and the time starting the therapeutic effect in the observation group was superior to the electroacupuncture group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture is superior to the simple electroacupuncture in the cured rate and the time starting the effect in treatment of simple obesity.</p>