# Laser Acupuncture for Postpartum Weight Retention

> **NCT02840916** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Chang Gung Memorial Hospital** · enrollment: 66 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postpartum Weight Retention

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** laser acupuncture
- **PROCEDURE:** sham laser acupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02840916
- **Lead sponsor:** Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-01
- **Primary completion:** 2015-12
- **Final completion:** 2015-12
- **Target enrollment:** 66 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02840916

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02840916, "Laser Acupuncture for Postpartum Weight Retention". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02840916. Licensed CC0.

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