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Background: Obesity-related diseases have a profound economic impact on health care systems. Laser acupuncture has been shown to have beneficial effects on obesity. However, to our knowledge, those trials were either non-randomized, non-blinded or included low-calorie diet control. We have, therefore, designed a patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled crossover trial to investigate the significance of laser acupuncture on obesity.
Methods/design: 104 subjects above 20 years of age with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m(2) will be divided into 2 groups: experimental and control. Each subject will receive the treatment relevant to their group 3 times a week for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of treatment the subject will enter a 2-week washout period, after which the subjects will switch groups. Measurements will include BMI, body fat percentage, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference, hip circumference, skinfold thickness, thigh circumference, body fat, blood pressure, heart rate, hunger and the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36).
Discussion: The results of this study will provide the basis for future large-scale multicenter trials investigating the effects of laser acupuncture on obesity.
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02167308 ; registration date: 14 June 2014.
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