Effects of Bilateral Auricular Acupuncture Stimulation on Body Weight in Healthy Volunteers and Mildly Obese Patients

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1201-1207

  Shiraishi, Takemasa ^a,b   Onoe, Mariko ^a   Kojima, Taka Aki ^b   Kageyama, Teruo ^b   Sawatsugawa, Shoichi ^b   Sakurai, Kohji ^b   Yoshimatsu, Hironobu ^c   Sakata, Toshiie ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b The Foundation for Oriental Medicine Research   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auricular acupuncture stimulation; BMI; Cavum conchae; Mildly obese patients; Non obese healthy volunteers

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0242525229     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020322801016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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