The Effect of Ultrasound & Radiofrequency and Cavitational Ultraporation Methods Upon Local Slimming and Body Composition

Objective: this study was carried out to evaluate the effect of ultrasound & radiofrequency and cavitational ultraporation methods upon adiposity and body composition in individuals applied to these methods through the desire of decreasing abdominal adiposity. material-method: totally 87 individuals aiming to reduce abdominal adiposity participated into the research. in accordance with the physician’s decision, 30% of the participants were administered with ultrasound& radiofrequency method (rf) (exilis-2011, btl medical devices) and 70% of the participants were administered with the cavitational method (kwt) (ultrasound cavitation eximia -2010, 1065 dj cosmo plus). body compositions of the participants were measured twice with bioelectric impedance analysis (bia) (tanita bc-418). whether there was a difference between the first and last measurements according to the number of sessions and dietary status was evaluated. results: it was found that the difference between the first and last measurements according to the applied method was significant only in hip circumference among the body composition parameters (f; 4.728, p=0.03). the decrease in hip circumference was more in individuals administered with kwt method rather than the ones administered with rf method. according to the number of sessions, a significant difference was only determined in waist circumference (f;3769, p; 0.028) and body mass index (bmi) (f;3660, p;0.030). in individuals administered with eleven and over sessions (regardless of the method difference), thinning in waist circumference was determined to be more. according to the dietary status of the individuals, significant differences were found in whole body composition parameters apart from the hip circumference (p<0.05). conclusion: although no significant difference was found in abdominal fat and total body fat composition depending upon the administered method difference, decrease at waist circumference and bmi values was determined depending upon the number of sessions in both methods. although no significant difference was found in abdominal fat and total body fat composition depending upon the administered method difference, decrease at waist circumference and bmi values was determined depending upon the number of sessions in both methods. through administering a local slimming method, losses in bodyweight, waist circumference, bmi, total body, left leg, and body adipose tissue were determined to be more in participants administered with weight-reducing diet.