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Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review
Background and Objectives: In recent years, the use of radiofrequency diathermy in pelvic floor disorders has grown proportionally to the interest in this specialty. Despite the common use of this therapy among pelvic floor physiotherapists, little is known about its effects and effectiveness in pel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334613 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58030437 |
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author | González-Gutiérrez, María Dolores López-Garrido, Álvaro Cortés-Pérez, Irene Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban León-Morillas, Felipe Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier |
author_facet | González-Gutiérrez, María Dolores López-Garrido, Álvaro Cortés-Pérez, Irene Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban León-Morillas, Felipe Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier |
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description | Background and Objectives: In recent years, the use of radiofrequency diathermy in pelvic floor disorders has grown proportionally to the interest in this specialty. Despite the common use of this therapy among pelvic floor physiotherapists, little is known about its effects and effectiveness in pelvic floor disorders. For this reason, the aim of the present review is to assess the effects of non-invasive 300 kHz–1 MHz radiofrequency diathermy in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders. Materials and Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science, searching for any type of study that included pelvic floor disorder participants and an experimental group treated with non-invasive nor ablative radiofrequency diathermy. Results: There were a total of 578 studies after removing duplicates. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, resulting in a total of 15 studies, which were methodologically assessed with PEDro and the Newcastle and Ottawa scale. Conclusions: Despite the low quality of most of them, the studies showed improvements in urinary incontinence, pelvic pain conditions, pelvic floor muscles strength and sexual function. These findings must be considered with caution until more randomized clinical trials are performed to solve the biases detected. |
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spelling | pubmed-89517662022-03-26 Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review González-Gutiérrez, María Dolores López-Garrido, Álvaro Cortés-Pérez, Irene Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban León-Morillas, Felipe Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier Medicina (Kaunas) Systematic Review Background and Objectives: In recent years, the use of radiofrequency diathermy in pelvic floor disorders has grown proportionally to the interest in this specialty. Despite the common use of this therapy among pelvic floor physiotherapists, little is known about its effects and effectiveness in pelvic floor disorders. For this reason, the aim of the present review is to assess the effects of non-invasive 300 kHz–1 MHz radiofrequency diathermy in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders. Materials and Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science, searching for any type of study that included pelvic floor disorder participants and an experimental group treated with non-invasive nor ablative radiofrequency diathermy. Results: There were a total of 578 studies after removing duplicates. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, resulting in a total of 15 studies, which were methodologically assessed with PEDro and the Newcastle and Ottawa scale. Conclusions: Despite the low quality of most of them, the studies showed improvements in urinary incontinence, pelvic pain conditions, pelvic floor muscles strength and sexual function. These findings must be considered with caution until more randomized clinical trials are performed to solve the biases detected. MDPI 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8951766/ /pubmed/35334613 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58030437 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review González-Gutiérrez, María Dolores López-Garrido, Álvaro Cortés-Pérez, Irene Obrero-Gaitán, Esteban León-Morillas, Felipe Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title | Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | effects of non-invasive radiofrequency diathermy in pelvic floor disorders: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35334613 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58030437 |
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