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Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in the elasticity and temperature of the patellar tendon produced by the application of a radiofrequency at 448 kHz (CRMR) just after and 7 days after the intervention. An open controlled clinical trial was used with participants being recruited f...

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Autores principales: Cuevas-Cervera, Maria, Aguilar-Nuñez, Daniel, Aguilar-García, María, García-Ríos, María Carmen, González-Muñoz, Ana, Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10528375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761343
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182976
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author Cuevas-Cervera, Maria
Aguilar-Nuñez, Daniel
Aguilar-García, María
García-Ríos, María Carmen
González-Muñoz, Ana
Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago
author_facet Cuevas-Cervera, Maria
Aguilar-Nuñez, Daniel
Aguilar-García, María
García-Ríos, María Carmen
González-Muñoz, Ana
Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago
author_sort Cuevas-Cervera, Maria
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description The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in the elasticity and temperature of the patellar tendon produced by the application of a radiofrequency at 448 kHz (CRMR) just after and 7 days after the intervention. An open controlled clinical trial was used with participants being recruited from a private clinic. The experimental group (n = 22) received a 448 kHz CRMR treatment while the control group (n = 22) did not receive any type of intervention. Quantitative ultrasound strain elastography (SEL) and thermography were used to collect data from 4 different areas of the patellar tendon. These areas were measured at the start (T0), just after (T1), and seven days after (T2) the intervention. There were thermal changes immediately after the intervention (p < 0.001). In addition, when the measurements were collected just after the intervention and seven days after they were analyzed, significant changes (p < 0.001) in temperature were observed in the tendons of both groups. Finally, a low but significant association (r = 0.434, p < 0.04) was observed between the elastic properties of the tendon at its insertion in the patella and thermal changes just after the 448 kHz intervention.
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spelling pubmed-105283752023-09-28 Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial Cuevas-Cervera, Maria Aguilar-Nuñez, Daniel Aguilar-García, María García-Ríos, María Carmen González-Muñoz, Ana Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago Diagnostics (Basel) Article The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in the elasticity and temperature of the patellar tendon produced by the application of a radiofrequency at 448 kHz (CRMR) just after and 7 days after the intervention. An open controlled clinical trial was used with participants being recruited from a private clinic. The experimental group (n = 22) received a 448 kHz CRMR treatment while the control group (n = 22) did not receive any type of intervention. Quantitative ultrasound strain elastography (SEL) and thermography were used to collect data from 4 different areas of the patellar tendon. These areas were measured at the start (T0), just after (T1), and seven days after (T2) the intervention. There were thermal changes immediately after the intervention (p < 0.001). In addition, when the measurements were collected just after the intervention and seven days after they were analyzed, significant changes (p < 0.001) in temperature were observed in the tendons of both groups. Finally, a low but significant association (r = 0.434, p < 0.04) was observed between the elastic properties of the tendon at its insertion in the patella and thermal changes just after the 448 kHz intervention. MDPI 2023-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10528375/ /pubmed/37761343 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182976 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cuevas-Cervera, Maria
Aguilar-Nuñez, Daniel
Aguilar-García, María
García-Ríos, María Carmen
González-Muñoz, Ana
Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago
Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title_full Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title_fullStr Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title_full_unstemmed Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title_short Patellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial
title_sort patellar tendon elasticity and temperature following after a 448 kilohertz radiofrequency intervention on active healthy subjects: an open controlled clinical trial
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10528375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761343
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182976
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