Analysis of Abdominal Selective Cooling Technique by DXA

摘要

New technologies have been developed with the objective of reducing adiposities in a less invasive way, among them is the selective cooling technique, cryolipolysis. The objective of this study was to perform an analysis of the body composition of women submitted to cryolipolysis using values provided by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). This was a longitudinal study, with 53 women, aged 20-35 years, and with localized abdominal adiposity. Mass, stature, abdominal adipometry and DXA scanning were verified before and 60 days after the application of technique. Women were divided into four groups, where they received different combinations of time and temperature. It was observed that all the groups studied showed reduction in adipometry, corroborating with the reduction of adiposity verified by DXA. In this study, cryolipolysis was effective for reducing abdominal adiposity.