Effect of Cavitation versus Radiofrequency on Abdominal Adiposity Reduction in Overweight Female Students

Abstract
Background: Localized adiposity, also known by the name of visceral fat, are adipose accumulations. Abdominal obesity is a subject of extensive investigation due to its classification as a risk factor for cardiovascular illnesses, restrictive lung disease, diabetes, as well as dyslipidemia.
Objectives: The objective of this investigation is to compare the impact of cavitation versus radiofrequency on the reduction of abdominal adiposity in female students in Deraya University.
Methods:  Twenty overweight female students in Deraya, they are selected randomly, their age ranged from 18-25 years, Body Mass Index (BMI) (25-29.9) kg/m2, they have waist hip ratio (WHR) > 0.8. The individuals are randomly allocated into two groups of equal size: Group (A) receive ultrasound cavitation 70 KHz applied for 60 min, one session every week for six weeks plus treadmill exercise. Group B receive radio frequency 60 kHz applied for 30 minutes, one session ever week for six weeks in addition to treadmill exercise. Measurements of waist ratio, circumference ratio, hip ratio, body weight, as well as BMI were taken shortly before the intervention procedures and again six weeks following the study.
 Results: Both cavitation and radiofrequency had a significant decrease Abdominal fat thickness and weight (P value<0.05). When the two groups were compared, the waist-to-hip ratio decreased significantly with radiofrequency but not significantly with cavitation (P value>0.05).
Conclusion: Radiofrequency is more effective than Cavitation in the decrease of abdominal fat thickness as well as waist hip ratio.
Keywords: Abdominal Fat, Cavitation, Radio frequency