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Kor J Aesthet Cosmetol 2005;3(2): 121-131. |
| 고주파관리가 여성 비만에 미치는 영향 |
| 강 신 옥, 원 윤 경 |
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| The Effect of High-Frequency Therapy on Women's Obesity |
| Shin-Ok Kang, Yun-Kyong Won |
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This experiment is about high-frequency therapy, which has been widely used for skin care and
obesity management centers and for obesity and body-shaping programs in hospitals. It is purposed
to understand the influence of high-frequency therapy on the body-shaping program of adult women
who suffer from obesity and to provide guidelines for the quantitative use of the equipment and for
the balanced physical obesity management programs.
21 subjects participated in a survey before the experiment to talk about their personal information,
evaluation of and satisfaction on their bodies, desired body parts for intensive management and
management method and facilities, and dieting, exercising, and behavioral habits. They participated
in another survey after the experiment to talk about their perception of and satisfaction on physical
changes, improvement in dieting, exercising, and behavioral habits, and willingness to recommend
the program they underwent. In result, the satisfaction level on the effectiveness of the experimented
treatments was examined.
This obesity management experiment achieved the following results.
The average age of the subjects is 40.7±7.3, the average height is 155.5±4.9, the average weight
is 61.6±6.4, and the average BMI is 25.5±2.4kg/m2.
Majority of the subjects were dissatisfied by their bodies. Although only nine out of 21 subjects
were actually diagnosed for obesity, 12 subjects believed that they were obese. It revealed that
some people misunderstood unbalanced physical composition or overweight as obesity. Most of them
also believed that obesity led to social disadvantages. They wanted intensive treatment in abdominal
area and in thighs and the major reasons why they wanted to lose weight were their health and
to look attractive to the opposite sex.
Many of them wanted equipment therapy for obesity and/or physical balance and preferred skin
care and/or obesity management centers.
The experiments show the following results: Experiment group's physical changes, except for
blood pressure, was P<0.01 for Arm and Thigh and P<0.001 in Waist 1 and Waist 2. Therefore,
the result was somewhat to very significant.
The results from dieting and the changes of the physical dimensions reveal that dieting is somewhat
influential to the reduction of physical sizes. Therefore, it is concluded that using high-frequency
therapy along with dieting, exercising, and behavioral changes would be highly effective for
the improvement of body shape and obesity treatment.
The above facts reveal that experiment is effective for the physical management of obese
women. In particular, it was concluded that high-frequency therapy is a very effective program for
the physical management of adult women who suffer from obesity. To make sure of this experimental
result, a further studies with wider range of the subjects and longer experimental period
are recommended. A more studies for influences of dieting, exercising, and behavioral changes on
the body waist, weight, BMI, and/or the amount of mussels are also required. |
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