title: [Clinical study on electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture for treatment of simple obesity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture and simple electroacupuncture on simple obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture plus manual acupuncture group (observation group, n = 63) and a simple electroacupuncture group (electroacupuncture group, n = 57). Their clinical therapeutic effects and the time starting the therapeutic effect were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the observation group 57 cases (90.5%) were cured and the total effective rate was 100.0%, and in the electroacupuncture group 42 cases (73.7%) were cured and the total effective rate was 96.5%, with significant difference in the cured rate between the two groups (P < 0.05); and the time starting the therapeutic effect in the observation group was superior to the electroacupuncture group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electroacupuncture combined with manual acupuncture is superior to the simple electroacupuncture in the cured rate and the time starting the effect in treatment of simple obesity.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University of TCM, Jiangsu 210029, China. chenmei8870@sina.com
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yu-Tang
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy