Estudo comparativo entre eletrolipólise e corrente russa na redução de medidas abdominais

Abstract

Introduction: Excess fat is not well accepted visually by society, which often directly implies emotional issues, impairing the self-esteem of individuals. Electrolipolysis is a resource for the treatment of adiposities and accumulation of localized fatty acids, and the Russian current is a medium frequency current indicated for muscle strengthening purposes. Objective: To compare the technique of electrolipolysis and Russian current to reduce abdominal measurements. Methodology: The research was characterized as a randomized clinical trial, conducted from April to August 2019. The volunteers were randomly and equally distributed to the Russian current (E + CR) and electrolipolysis groups. electrolipolysis only (E). Twenty-six women participated in the study and their ages ranged from 18 to 50 years, the evaluation methods were cirtometry, adipometry and needle testing and 10 sessions were held for 2 weeks. Results: The randomization was randomized to groups (E) and (E + CR), each with 13 participants. After the analysis it was noticed that both groups had significant improvement (p <0.05) in the evaluated items, but there were no significant differences between the groups (p <0.05). Conclusions: Both protocols showed positive results in abdominal measurement reduction, showing that electrolipolysis alone is already effective, not requiring association with the Russian current.