Bellocco V.1
1Kinesiologist and Physiotherapist College of the Province of Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Background: One of the therapies that can be used to treat localized adiposities is radiofrequency which does not yet count with a good scientific support referring to the effects of lipolysis. The market offers a wide variety of equipment with different power, frequency and working modalities. Due to this there is a need to investigate and know if we can treat the localized adiposity with radiofrequency and which modality would be more effective.
Purpose: To investigate the effects of lipolysis with radiofrequency, with capacitive electric transfer (CET) and resistive electric transfer (RET) and to compare their effects.
Methods: Thirty women were selected randomly and were treated with radiofrequency FISIOTCAR-INGEMED, they were treated with perimetry in 5 points (p1, p2, p3, p4, p5), right and left plicometry (rp, lp) and ecography of the abdominal region (eco) pre and post treatment. These women were distributed in
3 groups,
G1: (n: 10) they received 10 minutes of (CET) and 20 minutes of (RET);
G2: (n: 10) they received 20 minutes of (RET);
G3: (n: 10) they received 10 minutes of (CET).
The treatment was applied during 10 sessions, over an area of 225 cm2.
Results: On the data collected the measures of reduction of the 8 variables between the pre and post treatment were observed: eco 0,48 cm, rp 0,26 cm, lp 0,45 cm, p1 2,30 cm, p2 2,65 cm, p3 2,46 cm, p4 2,42 cm and p5 2,20 cm. The differences were statistically significant
(p 0,05) in rp and highly significant (p 0,01) for the other variables. No differences among the
3 treatments were found in any variable. In G1 and G2 were found adverse effects in 30% of the cases. There were 2 patients that abandoned the treatment during the process due to personal motives.
Conclusion(s): The 3 treatments were effective for the lipolysis. There were no differences statistically significant among the treatments with the dose employed. However adverse effects (fibrosis) were present in G1 and G2,
in which (RET) was used, therefore on lipolysis treatment (CET) is recommended.
Implications: The capacitive electric transfer (CET) and resistive electric transfer (RET) is a useful resource to reduce the localized adipose tissue. However, the parameters of dosification must be adjust to avoid adverse effects.
Funding acknowledgements: Asociación Argentina de kinesiología y fisioterapia
Topic: Electrophysical & isothermal agents
Ethics approval: We do not have an ethics system in our country
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