Lopes Jaqueline Santos Silva, Dos Santos Sinara Pereira, de Almeida Lívia Maria Borges, Kayser Ariadne Pereira, Reis Elcilene Franciele Oliveira, de Oliveira Ketelly Alves, do Amaral Queiroz Mirella Carina, da Silva Luaneia Pereira, Marques Ana Beatriz Ferreira, da Silva Borges Bethânia Monteiro, de Almeida Aline Castilho
Department of Physiotherapy, University Center of the Araguaia Valley (UNIVAR), Barra do Garças, Brazil.
Department of Aesthetics, Center University of the Araguaia Valley (UNIVAR), Barra do Garças, Brazil.
Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2020 Mar 24;2(2):ojaa012. doi: 10.1093/asjof/ojaa012. eCollection 2020 Jun.
The use of ultrasound for localized fat treatment on possible psychological influences is little explored to date. Therefore, it is relevant to elaborate studies that include a placebo group in order to measure the real effects of the exclusive application of ultrasound.
To verify the influence of ultrasound application for localized fat treatment on clinical, functional, and psychological outcomes.
Thirty female participants who were candidates for localized abdominal fat treatment were included and randomly divided into three groups: control (CG, = 10), experimental (EG, = 10), and placebo (PG, = 10). The CG did not receive any intervention. The EG received 10 ultrasound sessions for 20 minutes. For the PG, ultrasound was also applied for 20 minutes, but with zero intensities. Anthropometric assessment, cardiovascular parameters, circumference measurements, photography, endurance test, and subjective questionnaires were performed before and after the treatment protocols.
The EG photographs show an improvement of 60% in the visual appearance. Regarding the other analyzed outcomes, no statistically significant differences were found between moments and groups ( > 0.05).
Pretreatment and posttreatment photographs analysis demonstrate visual improvement in the appearance of abdominal localized fat in the EG. However, ultrasound application, when compared with CG and PG, is not a superior method for improving clinical, functional, and psychological parameters.
迄今为止，关于超声用于局部脂肪治疗对可能的心理影响的研究甚少。因此，开展包括安慰剂组的研究以衡量超声单独应用的实际效果具有重要意义。
验证超声应用于局部脂肪治疗对临床、功能和心理结局的影响。
纳入30名有腹部局部脂肪治疗需求的女性参与者，并随机分为三组：对照组（CG，n = 10）、实验组（EG，n = 10）和安慰剂组（PG，n = 10）。CG未接受任何干预。EG接受10次每次20分钟的超声治疗。PG也接受20分钟的超声治疗，但强度为零。在治疗方案前后进行人体测量评估、心血管参数测量、周长测量、拍照、耐力测试和主观问卷调查。
EG的照片显示视觉外观改善了60%。关于其他分析的结局，在各时间点和组间未发现统计学上的显著差异（P > 0.05）。
治疗前和治疗后的照片分析表明，EG腹部局部脂肪外观有视觉上的改善。然而，与CG和PG相比，超声应用并非改善临床、功能和心理参数的优越方法。
