Journal of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research (한방비만학회지)

The Society of Korean Medicine for obesity Research (한방비만학회)
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Review on Clinical Trials of Catgut Embedding for Obesity Treatment

비만치료에 응용되는 매선요법의 최근 연구 동향 고찰

  • Song, Mi-Young (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Guk University) ;
  • Kim, Ho-Jun (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Guk University)
  • 송미영 (동국대학교 한의과대학 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 김호준 (동국대학교 한의과대학 한방재활의학과)
  • Received : 2012.12.10
  • Accepted : 2012.12.22
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this report was to review the clinical trials of the catgut embedding for obesity treatment. Methods: We searched the clinical trial papers with key words of obesity and catgut embedding via searching Pubmed, Scopus and KISS etc. Results: We reviewed 8 searched articles, 7 articles were conducted in China and only 1 article was published in Korea. Most of Chinese articles used acupuncture as a control group and revealed the equality or superiority of catgut embedding in body weight loss. The only Korean article, which was uncontrolled, implanted catgut in localized fat area, it had changes partially in fat thick, body size. Conclusions: The acupoint catgut embedding has the efficacy of body weight loss, but to confirm the efficacy of localized fat loss, more randomized controlled trials are needed.

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