비만 여성에서 간접파 치료에 의한 대퇴부 두레 감소효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether thigh circumference could be reduced by appling interferential therapy on thigh. Twenty-two obese adult women with BMI of 25 to 33.3 kg/m2 were recruited from Dongsan Medical Center, Korea. The trial was cross-over designed, and consisted of 500 calorie deficit diet for 8 weeks and application of interferential therapy for 4 weeks. A half of the studied subjects (Group A; 12 subjects) was assigned at random to application of interferential therapy for the first 4 weeks, and the remaining half of the subjects (Group B; 10 subjects) were subjected to interferential therapy for the last 4 weeks. Interferential therapy was applied on the right thigh in 2 sessions a week for 4 weeks. In order to study difference in thigh circumference, both thigh circumferences were measured at 20 cm above the patellar upper margin in knee extension of supine position. In the group A, differences of right thigh circumferences during 4 weeks period between before and after application were significantly greater than that of left thigh circumferences (P=0.031). Also in the group B, differences of right thigh circumferences during the period between 4 week and after application (8 week) were significantly greater than that of left thigh circumference (P=0.047). Nevertheless there was a significant difference between the group A and B in the reduction of right thigh circumference (P=0.003 vs. P=0.024 respectively). Based on the above results, we suggest that application of interferential current therapy on the region of interest is a useful method of topical fat reduction in obese women.