Lipids, Obesity, Tinnitus, Subjective
Conditions
Brief summary
nowadays, published literature affirms strong relation between tinnitus, obesity, and high lipids of blood.
Detailed description
For 8 weeks, our study will search effect of acupuncture on tinnitus (chronic subjective type), lipids and weight reduction in obese persons.
Interventions
OTHERtrue acupuncture
different body acupuncture points will be selected to be manually punctured in addition to 4 acupoints on the skin of abdominal surface (the four points will be electrical stimulated during acupuncture). the session (20 minutes) will repeated thrice weekly. the total duration of the study will be 60 days. The points that will be manually acupunctured all over the body of every patient will be: SJ(3)/SJ(5)/SJ(17)/SJ(18)/SJ(19)/SJ(20)/SJ(21)/SJ(22)/GB(2)/GB(8)/GB(20)/LI(4)/LI(11)/KI(3)/SP(6)/ST(36)/REN(4)/REN(9)/REN(12) The acupuncture points that will be electrically stimulated on the abdomen of every patient will be: bilateral Stomach 25 in addition to gallbladder 28 acupoints.
OTHERsham acupuncture
different body acupuncture points will be selected to be manually punctured in addition to 4 acupoints on the skin of abdominal surface (the four points will be electrical stimulated during acupuncture). opposite to group A, in this group, the acupuncture needles will be inserted manually and very adjacent to the real location of group-A acupoints (sham acupuncture). The electrical stimulator will connected to abdominal acupoints (bilateral Stomach 25 in addition to gallbladder 28 acupoints) but it will be turned off during the sessions. the session will repeated thrice weekly. the total duration of the study will be 60 days
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* obese patients * tinnitus complaints (chronic subjective form)
Exclusion criteria
* diabetics * cardiovascular and neurogenic manifestations
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tinnitus handicap inventory | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | quality of life measure |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| triglycerides | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | serum lipid |
| high density lipoprotein | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | serum lipid |
| low density lipoproetin | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | serum lipid |
| cholesterol | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | serum lipid |
| waist circumference | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | anthropometry measure |
| visual analogue scale | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | as a measure for severity of ear tinnitus |
| body mass index | It will be measured after eight weeks of acupuncture | anthropometry measure |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAli Ismail, lecturer
Outcome results
None listed