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The effects of laser acupuncture on metabolic syndrome in obese postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled study.

Lasers in medical science
January 1, 1970
Wafaa M Kamal et al. (5 authors)
Journal ArticleRandomized Controlled TrialHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

To study the effects of laser acupuncture (LA) on metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal obese women, comparing LA combined with a diet regimen to diet alone.

Results Summary

Both groups showed significant improvements in metabolic parameters, but the LA+diet group had greater reductions in blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, fasting blood sugar, insulin, and insulin resistance, along with higher HDL levels compared to the diet-only group.

Population

Thirty postmenopausal obese women.

Effective Dosage

LA treatment for 30 minutes, three times a week.

Duration

Two months.

Interactions

None mentioned.

Extracted Claims (23)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
diet regimen
decrease
weight (W)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#1
diet regimen
decrease
body mass index (BMI)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#2
diet regimen
decrease
waist circumference (WC)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#3
diet regimen
decrease
hip circumference (HC)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#4
diet regimen
decrease
waist-hip ratio (WHR)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#5
diet regimen
decrease
systolic blood pressure (SBP)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#6
diet regimen
decrease
diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#7
diet regimen
decrease
total cholesterol (TC)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#8
diet regimen
decrease
triglycerides (TG)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#9
diet regimen
decrease
low density lipoprotein (LDL)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#10
diet regimen
decrease
fasting blood glucose (FBG)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#11
diet regimen
decrease
fasting blood insulin (FBI)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#12
diet regimen
decrease
homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)
postmenopausal obese women
-
highly statistically significant decrease
#13
diet regimen
increase
high density lipoprotein (HDL)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significant increase
#14
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
systolic blood pressure (SBP)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#15
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#16
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
total cholesterol (TC)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#17
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
triglycerides (TG)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#18
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
low density lipoprotein (LDL)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#19
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
fasting blood glucose (FBG)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#20
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
fasting blood insulin (FBI)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#21
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
decrease
insulin resistance
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly lower
#22
combined laser acupuncture and diet regimen
increase
high density lipoprotein (HDL)
postmenopausal obese women
-
significantly higher
#23
Abstract

To study the laser acupuncture (LA) effects on postmenopausal obese women's metabolic syndrome. Randomized controlled trial. Benha university hospital. Thirty postmenopausal women were randomized into two equal groups. Group A received a diet regimen and Group B received LA treatment for 30 min three times a week for two months beside the diet regimen. Included weight (W), body mass index (BMI), waist (WC), hip (HC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), serum level of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting blood insulin (FBI), homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) before and after the end of treatment. The study's findings showed that both groups experienced a highly statistically significant decrease in the post-testing mean value of W, BMI, WC, HC, WHR, SBP, DBP, TC, TG, LDL, FBG, FBI, and HOMA-IR, while both groups experienced a significant increase in the post-treatment mean value of HDL (p 0.0001). The posttreatment SBP, DBP, TC, TG, LDL, FBS, FBI and insulin resistance were significantly lower while HDL was significantly higher in women who received combined LA and diet regimen compared to those who received dietary regimen only. LA beside the nutritional intervention is a physical therapy technique that may be used safely, easily, and effectively to minimize metabolic syndrome features during menopause.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
HumansFemaleMetabolic SyndromePostmenopauseMiddle AgedObesityAcupuncture TherapyBody Mass IndexInsulin ResistanceBlood GlucoseBlood PressureWaist-Hip RatioLow-Level Light TherapyAged
Study Links
Quality Scores
Safety90
Efficacy85/10
Quality75/10
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.05
Weight Score1.28
Normalized Score0.85
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