Efficacy of Radiofrequency Diathermy versus Focused Ultrasound Therapy, Both Combined with Intermittent Pneumatic Compression, for Edematous Fibrosclerotic Panniculopathy Treatment: A Randomized Intrasubject Assessor-Blind Trial

Table 2

Intra- and intergroup differences for RFD combined with IPC and FUS combined with IPC.

Thigh circumferences	Baseline N = 20		Post-treatment N = 20		Intragroup differences				Intergroup differences
	RFD	FUS	RFD	FUS	RFD		FUS		P	EF
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	P	EF	P	EF
15 cm	57.78 ± 4.53	57.52 ± 4.99	56.80 ± 4.42	56.45 ± 4.47		0.927^b		0.983^b	0.789^c	0.085^b
20 cm	55.66 ± 4.77	55.35 ± 4.93	54.96 ± 4.47	54.53 ± 4.44		0.547^b		0.637^b	0.776^c	0.091^b
Midpoint	54.42 ± 4.27	54.23 ± 4.44	53.81 ± 4.10	53.55 ± 3.88		0.660^b		0.666^b	0.793^c	0.083^b
30 cm	48.00 ± 4.08	48.04 ± 4.27	47.43 ± 3.77	47.18 ± 3.82	0.098^a	0.389^b		0.568^b	0.538^c	0.196^b
40 cm	39.96 ± 0.61	40.01 ± 2.92	39.52 ± 2.67	39.35 ± 2.82	0.156^a	0.330^b		0.472^b	0.632^c	0.153^b
Weight	59.27 ± 8.04		60.02 ± 8.34		—	—	—	—	0.300^c	0.245^b
BMI	22.20 ± 2.53		21.35 ± 5.6		—	—	—	—	0.709^d	0.100^e

N: sample; BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation; RFD: radiofrequency diathermy; FUS: focused ultrasound therapy; EF: effect size. ^aDependent Student’s t-test; ^bCohen’s d; ^cindependent Student’s t-test; ^dMann–Whitney test; ^erank biserial correlation. Note. Significant results () were shown in bold.