Continuous short-wave (radio-frequency) diathermy.

Goats, G C

doi:10.1136/bjsm.23.2.123

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“…Metabolik aktivite artışı ile metabolik atıklar uzaklaştırılmaktadır. Ayrıca kas gevşemesi ve kollajen esnekliğinde artışlara da neden olarak, inflamasyonu azaltarak ağrı ve ödem üzerinde etkili oldukları düşünülmektedir (10,16). Öne sürülen bir diğer etki mekanizması ise, bu ajanların A alfa ve beta liflerini uyararak noziseptif uyarıyı inhibe etmeleri sonucu ağrıyı azaltmaları olarak da bilinen kapı kontrol teorisidir (17).…”

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“…KDD ise bir tür elektromanyetik tedavi yöntemi olup, elektromanyetik ortamda moleküllerde iyon hareketine sebep olur ve derin dokularda girdap etkisi ile ısı oluşumuna yol açar (8). Derin ısıtıcı fizik tedavi ajanları, enflamatuvar süreci azaltarak kronik enflamasyonun iyileşmesine katkıda bulunur, ağrı ve şişliği kontrol altına alır (9,10). Bu ajanların etkinliği ve hangisinin diğerine üstün olduğu ile ilgili çeşitli yayınlar bulunmasına karşın, net veriler ortaya konamamıştır (3)(4)(5)(11)(12)(13).…”

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Gonartroz Tedavisinde Kısa Dalga Diatermi ve Ultrason Tedavi Etkinliğinin Karşılaştırılması

Sarifakioğlu¹,

Güzelant²,

E³

2014

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SummaryObjective: To compare the efficacy of ultrasound (US) and short wave diathermy (SWD) in the gonarthrosis patients. Materials and Methods: Patients who had been diagnosed gonarthrosis according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria were included into the study. Patients who have undergone knee surgery, had trauma, had knee injection into the knee in the last six months, and had received physical therapy (PT) in the past year were excluded from the study. Patients were divided into two groups (US group and SWD group). HP (20 min), US (1.5 w/cm 2 , continuous), TENS (20 min), exercise were administered to the first group. HP (20 min), SWD (15 min), TENS (20 min), exercise were implemented to the second group. PT was administered for five days a week, for 15 sessions in total. Visual analog scale (VAS) and Western Ontario and MacMaster osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) were used to assess function and pain before and after PT. Results: 132 patients were included into the study, 63 patients (47.7%) were in SWD group, and 69 patients (52.3%) were in US group. There were no statistically difference between the VAS, WOMAC values of the groups before and after PT. In both groups, VAS, WOMAC were scores statistically significantly decreased with treatment (all p<0.001). Conclusion: This study showed that both these PT modalities are effective in treating the gonarthrosis, but not superior to each other. (Turkish Journal of Osteoporosis 2014;20: 16-20

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Gonartroz Tedavisinde Kısa Dalga Diatermi ve Ultrason Tedavi Etkinliğinin Karşılaştırılması

Sarifakioğlu¹,

Güzelant²,

E³

2014

tod

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“…in his study on the treatment of nasal sinus infection by ultra -shortwave diathermy among 126 acute and sub-acute cases treated for sinus conditions over a period of three years. It was interpreted that shortwave diathermy has a positive bactericidal effect on streptococci and it also results in increased phagocytosis resulting in early healing of sinusitis [17]. Geoffrey.…”

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A Randomised Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Shortwave Diathermy in Acute Sinusitis

Heggannavar¹,

Harugop²,

Madhale³

et al. 2017

IJPR

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Background: Sinusitis is the inflammation of the mucous lining of any or all of the paranasal sinuses. It is a very common condition with a high incidence rate. It also shows high recurrence of symptoms which causes high damage to the patient and disables him/her to carry out daily activities efficiently. Availability of medical options has increased but so has the rate of antibiotics resistance. Therefore, it becomes a necessity to prevent recurrence of symptoms by providing an adequate overall treatment in the initial i.e. the acute phase of sinusitis. Shortwave diathermy is a deep heating modality. Extensive literature is available on various medical and surgical treatment options for sinusitis but there is lack of sufficient evidence on use of shortwave diathermy-a physiotherapy modality, for the cases of sinusitis. Hence, this study is done to evaluate the effectiveness of shortwave diathermy in acute sinusitis.Materials and Methods: 30 subjects between 18-50 years age with acute sinusitis were referred by E.N.T. department of KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital. They were divided into 2 groups with 15 subjects in each group randomly where allocation was done by envelope method. Subject in Group A were treated with placebo SWD (20 minutes) and medications for 5 days. Subjects in Group B were treated with shortwave diathermy (20 minutes) and medications for 5 days. Outcome was measured with help of SNOT-22 (Sinonasal Outcome Test -22) questionnaire which was filled on first day prior to the treatment session and on the fifth day after the completion of five treatment sessions. To assess the changes in pre-treatment and post-treatment symptoms in both the groups, the data was analyzed with the paired t-test. Results:The percentage of change in SNOT-22 scores pre-treatment and post-treatment in Group A was 23.36% whereas in Group B was 46.54%. Conclusion:Shortwave diathermy along with medications is more effective then placebo SWD along with medications in treatment of acute sinusitis.

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“…[11][12][13] Shortwave diathermy effectively increases tissue temperature, using high-frequency electromagnetic waves to heat deeper structures. 14 In the tissues, the electromagnetic waves are converted into heat, and as the tissue temperature increases, a temperature gradient occurs, allowing for heat to be transferred through conduction. 1 Shortwave diathermy is best used to heat larger anatomic structures because the effective treatment area is much larger than for other deepheating modalities.…”

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“…2,5,[7][8][9][10][15][16][17] Although not as commonly used, continuous shortwave also effectively heats deep tissues. 14,18 The ReBound (ReGear Life Sciences, Inc, Pittsburgh PA) continuous diathermy device, which was introduced into the clinical setting in 2008, uses an induction helical-coil sleeve purported to heat deep into the muscle at the variables of 35 W and 13.56 MHz. 19 The effectiveness of ReBound diathermy as a deep-heating therapeutic modality has not been determined.…”

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Muscle Heating With Megapulse II Shortwave Diathermy and ReBound Diathermy

Draper

Hawkes

Johnson

et al. 2013

Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: A new continuous diathermy called ReBound recently has been introduced. Its effectiveness as a heating modality is unknown.Objective: To compare the effects of the ReBound diathermy with an established deep-heating diathermy, the Megapulse II pulsed shortwave diathermy, on tissue temperature in the human triceps surae muscle.Design: Crossover study. Setting: University research laboratory.Patients or Other Participants: Participants included 12 healthy, college-aged volunteers (4 men, 8 women; age ¼ 22.2 6 2.25 years, calf subcutaneous fat thickness ¼ 7.2 6 1.9 mm).Intervention(s): Each modality treatment was applied to the triceps surae muscle group of each participant for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, we removed the modality and recorded temperature decay for 20 minutes.Main Outcome Measure(s): We horizontally inserted an implantable thermocouple into the medial triceps surae muscle to measure intramuscular tissue temperature at 3 cm deep. We measured temperature every 5 minutes during the 30-minute treatment and each minute during the 20-minute temperature decay.Results: Tissue temperature at a depth of 3 cm increased more with Megapulse II than with ReBound diathermy over the course of the treatment (F 6,66 ¼ 10.78, P , .001). ReBound diathermy did not produce as much intramuscular heating, leading to a slower heat dissipation rate than the Megapulse II (F 20,220 ¼ 28.84, P , .001).Conclusions: During a 30-minute treatment, the Megapulse II was more effective than ReBound diathermy at increasing deep, intramuscular tissue temperature of the triceps surae muscle group.Key Words: continuous diathermy, intramuscular temperature, heat Key PointsThe Megapulse II pulsed shortwave diathermy was a better device than the continuous ReBound diathermy for deep heating. Given its lower power output, ReBound diathermy can be used as a moderate heating modality. Further research should be performed to understand the heating distribution of ReBound diathermy throughout its sleeve.

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Continuous short-wave (radio-frequency) diathermy.

Cited by 62 publications

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Gonartroz Tedavisinde Kısa Dalga Diatermi ve Ultrason Tedavi Etkinliğinin Karşılaştırılması

Gonartroz Tedavisinde Kısa Dalga Diatermi ve Ultrason Tedavi Etkinliğinin Karşılaştırılması

A Randomised Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Shortwave Diathermy in Acute Sinusitis

Muscle Heating With Megapulse II Shortwave Diathermy and ReBound Diathermy

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