Long lasting effect of focused ultrasound on abdominal fat thickness in postnatal women / Noha Mohamed Magdy Elharmeel ; Supervised Hanan Elsayed Elmekawy , Adly Ali Sabbour , Mohamed Mostafa Shaheen

تم تسليم نسخة أخرى و لكن بعنوان عربى مختلف (التأثير طويل الأمد للموجات فوق الصوتية المركزة على سمك دهون منطقه البطن فى السيدات بعد الولادة

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics

This study was conducted to determine the long lasting effect of focused ultrasound on abdominal fat thickness in postnatal women. Thus, forty volunteer primipara obese women at 12 weeks{u2019} postnatally were participated in this study. They were selected from the outpatient clinic of the family planning of elsahel teaching hospital. All participants were undergone low caloric diet which ranged from 1600 Kcal to 2000 Kcal / day for weight maintenance program. They were randomly assigned into two groups A and B. Each of them consisted of 20 participants. Group (A) followed low caloric diet alone. While, group (B) received cavitation ultrasound therapy on the abdomen region and follows low caloric diet then stopping session of focused ultrasound treatment for 6 weeks from last session of Group (B) and continues in same diet program. The study lasted for three consecutive months. Evaluations of all women in both groups (A and B) were done before starting, after 6 weeks of treatment sessions and 6 weeks after stopping of treatment sessions through measuring their weight, BMI, WC, HC, WHR, abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness at three levels (at the umbilical level, above the umbilicus as well as below the umbilicus by 5cm

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