耳穴按压对非肥胖健康志愿者和肥胖志愿者与肥胖相关参数的影响。

Effects of ear points' pressing on parameters related to obesity in non-obese healthy and obese volunteers.

作者信息

Yeh Ching-Hui, Yeh Shu-Chuan Jennifer

机构信息

Department of Family Medicine, Zuoying Armed Force General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.

出版信息

J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Apr;14(3):309-14. doi: 10.1089/acm.2007.0678.

DOI:10.1089/acm.2007.0678

PMID:18377231

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ear points' pressing at ear meridian points on the following obesity-related parameters: body weight; body fat; body-mass index; waist; hip circumference (HC); and waist circumference (WC)/HC ratio between two groups of subjects, nonobese healthy and obese volunteers.

METHODS

The study was an open-parallel randomized controlled trial and the sample consisted of 31 nonobese healthy (BMI < 27 kg/m(2)) volunteers and 7 obese (BMI > or = 27 kg/m(2)) volunteers who were randomly divided into two groups. In the treatment group, ear points' pressing at 5 ear meridian points was applied, while volunteers in the control group did not receive any intervention. At baseline and each week of the 9-week study, the outcomes mentioned above were examined in all volunteers.

RESULTS

There was a statistically significant drop in WC and HC during the 9-week treatment in the treatment and the control group in the healthy volunteers. In the treatment group, WC decreased from 77.63 +/- 11.95 cm to 75.06 +/- 12.21 cm (p = 0.005) and HC dropped from 99.10 +/- 9.46 cm to 96.75 +/- 11.35 cm (p = 0.005). In the control group, WC decreased from 77.51 +/- 11.96 cm to 75.23 +/- 10.76 cm (p = 0.001) and HC dropped from 99.70 +/- 7.72 cm to 97.66 +/- 8.39 cm (p = 0.002). Then, when a subgroup analysis in healthy and obese volunteers was performed, it produced. It showed the same result-a statistically significant drop in WC and HC in healthy volunteers, while no significant drop was found in obese volunteers.

CONCLUSIONS

Even though the result showed a statistically significant drop in WC and HC during the 9-week treatment in both the treatment and control groups of healthy volunteers, there was no statistically significant change in outcomes in the obese group. Further studies are needed to detect the effect of ear points' pressing by increasing sample sizes and conducting randomized control trials with both healthy and obese volunteers.

摘要

目的

本研究旨在评估在两组受试者（非肥胖健康志愿者和肥胖志愿者）中，按压耳部经络穴位对以下与肥胖相关参数的影响：体重、体脂、体重指数、腰围、臀围（HC）以及腰围（WC）/臀围比。

方法

本研究为开放平行随机对照试验，样本包括31名非肥胖健康志愿者（BMI<27kg/m²）和7名肥胖志愿者（BMI≥27kg/m²），他们被随机分为两组。治疗组对5个耳部经络穴位进行按压，而对照组志愿者不接受任何干预。在9周研究的基线期和每周，对所有志愿者检查上述结果。

结果

在健康志愿者的治疗组和对照组中，9周治疗期间WC和HC均有统计学显著下降。治疗组中，WC从77.63±11.95cm降至75.06±12.21cm（p = 0.005），HC从99.10±9.46cm降至96.75±11.35cm（p = 0.005）。对照组中，WC从77.51±11.96cm降至75.23±10.76cm（p = 0.001），HC从99.70±7.72cm降至97.66±8.39cm（p = 0.002）。然后，当对健康和肥胖志愿者进行亚组分析时，结果显示，健康志愿者中WC和HC有统计学显著下降，而肥胖志愿者中未发现显著下降。