Award Date

2009

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Kinesiology

Department

Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences

Advisor 1

William Holcomb, Committee Chair

First Committee Member

Mack Rubley

Second Committee Member

Richard Tandy

Graduate Faculty Representative

Sue Schuerman

Number of Pages

41

Abstract

This purpose of this study was twofold: to determine whether ultrasound transducer velocity affected tissue temperature increase, and whether heating was uniform across the treatment site. Thermocouples were inserted 2.5cm below the skin surface at the center, edge of the ERA, and the edge of the treatment site that was the size of two times the soundhead. Each subject received three 10-minute treatments at each speed, letting tissue temperature return to baseline between treatments.

Repeated measures factorial ANOVA revealed no significant differences in the speed of application and no interaction between speed and location. However, the location of the thermocouples proved to be a factor, with pairwise comparisons showing a significant difference among the 3 locations. In conclusion, the speed at which ultrasound is applied has no effect on temperature rise; however, the size of the treatment area needs to be taken into account as uniform heating does not occur.

Keywords

Deep-heating tissue; Post-injury rehabilitation; Tissue temperature; Treatment area size; Transducer head velocity; Ultrasound transducer velocity

Disciplines

Physical Therapy

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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