Randomized trial of tapas acupressure technique for weight loss maintenance

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Elder, Charles R ^a   Gullion, Christina M ^a   DeBar, Lynn L ^a   Funk, Kristine L ^a   Lindberg, Nangel M ^a   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^b   Meltesen, Gayle ^a   Gallison, Cherri ^c   Stevens, Victor J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Healing Touch Acupuncture   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Energy medicine; Obesity; Weight loss maintenance

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TAPAS SCUPRESSURE TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84858117086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-19     Document Type: Article

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