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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03601715
Other study ID # 1.771.454
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 3, 2018
Est. completion date December 10, 2018

Study information

Verified date April 2020
Source Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Attempting an effective treatment is essential to the physiotherapist to understand how his conducts affect body tissues and the whole system, besides understand properly how and when therapeutic modalities could be use in the rehabilitation process. There are several research articles pointing the use of heat as an efficient agent to accelerate tissue healing. Clarifying the remaining doubts related to therapeutic modalities use can be beneficial for functional rehabilitation.

In physiotherapy, shortwave diathermy is one of the standards treatments for heat inducement. The capacitance shortwave technique consists in the use of two pad electrodes that can be positioned in three different arrangements: coplanar (placed side by side on the same aspect of the part to be treated), contraplanar (placed over opposite aspects of the body part to be treated) and longitudinal (one electrode is placed at each end of the limb in opposite aspects of the body par to be treated). There is no evidence of which arrangement is the most efficient.

Besides shortwave diathermy being a very established therapeutic modality, the use of this recourse in the most effective way rely on the properly answer of the remaining questions related to its application. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze which one of the capacitance shortwave technique is the most efficient in inducing and maintaining heat.

Given the high-frequency waves field orientation could be suggested that the coplanar arrangement will lead to bigger heat inducement, and will maintain it for longer time.


Description:

The data for the sample size calculation was taken from a pilot study of 8 subjects. The software used to calculate the sample was GPower 3.1.9.2. A 18 subjects sample were obtained to reach a power of 90%, needed to detect a difference on the average of the groups in repeated measures with an alpha of 5%. The sample size was raised to 20 subjects for eventually lost. The subjects will be chosen through social media and informal invitations.

The subjects will attend to the laboratory four times, the first day for orientation and measurements (body mass and skinfold), the data collection will start on the second day.

The room temperature will be set between 23 °C and 25 °C, and the humidity around 70%. The subject will be placed in supine position on the stretcher, instructed to relax and not touch the right thigh region for 20 minutes before the intervention (for body temperature stabilization).

The thigh size will be measured form the base of the patella to the anterior superior iliac spine and the center marked to determine the place where the temperature will be collected. The minimum space between electrodes position will be at least of the size of one electrode. The temperature of the right thigh will be measured by infrared thermography before the intervention, right after the removal and every minute until the total time of the intervention.

To summarize the data, it will be used descriptive statistics, the values of average, standard deviation and the collected measurements will be identified. Through Shapiro-Wilk test the distribution of data regarding normality will be verified. To compare the initial and the final test values the ANOVA and the post-hoc of Bonferroni will be used. In the case of data being out of the normal standards, a transformation will be used to reach the normality. If the data still don't reach the normality after the transformation, the non-parametric tests will be used (Mann-Whitney e Kruskal Walis). The confidence level adopted for all tests will be 95% (p <0.05).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date December 10, 2018
Est. primary completion date December 10, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Male
Age group 19 Years to 40 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- No orthopedic injury in three months prior to the study;

- A minimum of 19 years of age, and a maximum of 40 years;

- Male;

- Must agree not to practice exercise the day before the study and not ingest caffeine, alcohol, or food one hour before intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Skinfold minor than 2cm;

- Circulatory system disease;

- Ischemic tissue or malignant tumors;

- External fixation, metal or pacemaker;

- Any thigh open wound;

- Muscular or neurological disease;

- Diabetes diagnosed;

- Cigarette smoker.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Coplanar
The coplanar arrangement will be applicated in each one of the subjects. The intervention will last 20 minutes. A towel will be placed between the pad electrode and the skin to improve contact, besides, the tight and the electrode will be wrapped with an elastic band for the same purpose. The subject will receive orientation related to the heat intensity, it must be a comfortable perception of heat (the intensity will be regulated on the equipment to guarantee that).
Contraplanar
The contraplanar arrangement will be applicated in each one of the subjects. The intervention will last 20 minutes. A towel will be placed between the pad electrode and the skin to improve contact, besides, the tight and the electrode will be wrapped with an elastic band for the same purpose. The subject will receive orientation related to the heat intensity, it must be a comfortable perception of heat (the intensity will be regulated on the equipment to guarantee that).
Longitudinal
The longitudinal arrangement will be applicated in each one of the subjects. The intervention will last 20 minutes. A towel will be placed between the pad electrode and the skin to improve contact, besides, the tight and the electrode will be wrapped with an elastic band for the same purpose. The subject will receive orientation related to the heat intensity, it must be a comfortable perception of heat (the intensity will be regulated on the equipment to guarantee that).

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil Santa Catarina Federal University Araranguá SC

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Alessandro Haupenthal Santa Catarina Federal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (10)

ABIB, R. T. et al. Avaliação da diatermia por ondas curtas contínuo na temperatura superficial do músculo quadríceps. Ciência em Movimento, v. 1, n. 23, p. 69-77, 2010.

BRASILEIRO, J. S.; FARIA, A. F.; QUEIROZ, L. L. Influància do resfriamento e do aquecimento local na flexibilidade dos músculos isquiotibiais. Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 57-61, 2007.

Delpizzo V, Joyner KH. On the safe use of microwave and shortwave diathermy units. Aust J Physiother. 1987;33(3):152-62. doi: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60592-4. — View Citation

Draper DO, Knight K, Fujiwara T, Castel JC. Temperature change in human muscle during and after pulsed short-wave diathermy. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1999 Jan;29(1):13-8; discussion 19-22. — View Citation

Draper DO, Miner L, Knight KL, Ricard MD. The Carry-Over Effects of Diathermy and Stretching in Developing Hamstring Flexibility. J Athl Train. 2002 Mar;37(1):37-42. — View Citation

Faul F, Erdfelder E, Lang AG, Buchner A. G*Power 3: a flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. Behav Res Methods. 2007 May;39(2):175-91. — View Citation

Garrett CL, Draper DO, Knight KL. Heat distribution in the lower leg from pulsed short-wave diathermy and ultrasound treatments. J Athl Train. 2000 Jan;35(1):50-5. — View Citation

Hawkes AR, Draper DO, Johnson AW, Diede MT, Rigby JH. Heating capacity of rebound shortwave diathermy and moist hot packs at superficial depths. J Athl Train. 2013 Jul-Aug;48(4):471-6. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-48.3.04. Epub 2013 Mar 19. — View Citation

Ichinoseki-Sekine N, Naito H, Saga N, Ogura Y, Shiraishi M, Giombini A, Giovannini V, Katamoto S. Changes in muscle temperature induced by 434 MHz microwave hyperthermia. Br J Sports Med. 2007 Jul;41(7):425-9. Epub 2007 Jan 29. — View Citation

Peres SE, Draper DO, Knight KL, Ricard MD. Pulsed Shortwave Diathermy and Prolonged Long-Duration Stretching Increase Dorsiflexion Range of Motion More Than Identical Stretching Without Diathermy. J Athl Train. 2002 Mar;37(1):43-50. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The Most Effective Capacitance Shortwave Technique in Relation to Temperature Increase and Heat Conservation Measured by Infrared Thermography Evaluation of the most effective electrode arrangement (coplanar, contraplanar or longitudinal) in relation to temperature increase and heat conservation. Measured using a infrared camera in three sessions, with a washout period of at least 24 hours. 3 days
Secondary Temperature Increase Determine which capacitance shortwave technique will increase the temperature the most after 20 minutes of application. The skin temperature will be verified by infrared thermography. This evaluation will occur in three 24 hours apart visits, each for one of the three capacitance shortwave technique. 3 days
Secondary Heat Conservation Determinate which capacitance shortwave technique retain the induced heat for longer time. The skin temperature will be verified by infrared thermography before the application and after during 25 minutes, 1 minutes apart each measure. This evaluation will occur in three 24 hours apart visits, each for one of the three capacitance shortwave technique. 3 days
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