Acupuncture Efficacy on Lipids in Tinnitus Patients With Obesity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- tinnitus handicap inventory
研究概览
简要总结
nowadays, published literature affirms strong relation between tinnitus, obesity, and high lipids of blood.
详细描述
For 8 weeks, our study will search effect of acupuncture on tinnitus (chronic subjective type), lipids and weight reduction in obese persons.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 35 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •obese patients
- •tinnitus complaints (chronic subjective form)
排除标准
- •diabetics
- •cardiovascular and neurogenic manifestations
研究组 & 干预措施
group A
different body acupuncture points will be selected to be manually punctured in addition to 4 acupoints on the skin of abdominal surface (the four points will be electrical stimulated during acupuncture). the session (20 minutes) will repeated thrice weekly. the total duration of the study will be 60 days.
The points that will be manually acupunctured all over the body of every patient will be: SJ(3)/SJ(5)/SJ(17)/SJ(18)/SJ(19)/SJ(20)/SJ(21)/SJ(22)/GB(2)/GB(8)/GB(20)/LI(4)/LI(11)/KI(3)/SP(6)/ST(36)/REN(4)/REN(9)/REN(12)
The acupuncture points that will be electrically stimulated on the abdomen of every patient will be: bilateral Stomach 25 in addition to gallbladder 28 acupoints.
干预措施: true acupuncture (Other)
Group B
different body acupuncture points will be selected to be manually punctured in addition to 4 acupoints on the skin of abdominal surface (the four points will be electrical stimulated during acupuncture). opposite to group A, in this group, the acupuncture needles will be inserted manually and very adjacent to the real location of group-A acupoints (sham acupuncture). The electrical stimulator will connected to abdominal acupoints (bilateral Stomach 25 in addition to gallbladder 28 acupoints) but it will be turned off during the sessions. the session will repeated thrice weekly. the total duration of the study will be 60 days.
干预措施: sham acupuncture (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
tinnitus handicap inventory
时间窗: It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture
quality of life measure
次要结局
- low density lipoproetin(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- triglycerides(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- cholesterol(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- high density lipoprotein(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- visual analogue scale(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- waist circumference(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
- body mass index(It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture)
研究者
Ali Mohamed Ali ismail
lecturer of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Cairo University