Date of Award
2016
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Advanced Athletic Training
Department
Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
College
Human Sciences and Education
Faculty Advisor
Gange, Kara N.
Description
The purpose of this study was to examine the thermal effects of both 1.0W/cm2 and 1.5W/cm2 at 3MHz with continuous US while the triceps-surae is immersed in 37°C water. Intramuscular tissue temperature increases observed through the thermocouples at 1.5W/cm2 was compared to 1.0W/cm2. The study is needed to determine which intensity was most efficient at increasing intramuscular tissue temperature in the triceps-surae at a 1.5cm depth. Twenty college students, 10-males and 10-females (M=23.45 ± 1.986-years), participated in 2 sessions. A thermocouple measuring intramuscular temperature was inserted into the gastrocnemius muscle. There were no significant differences in intramuscular temperature increases at 0-minutes (M=0.1320, SE=0.5617), 5-minutes (M=-0.3570, SE=0.5617), and 10-minutes (M= -0.6885, SE=0.569). This study indicated no significant difference between intensities 1.0W/cm2 and 1.5W/cm2 throughout a 10-minute treatment. Clinically selecting appropriate parameters should be done to best treat patients. This study provides evidence that increasing intensity does not always increase tissue temperature.
Recommended Citation
Poirier, Keli Janice, "Tissue Temperature Increase Using Immersion Therapeutic Ultrasound at 3 MHz, 10 Minutes, 1.5 cm Depth, with Varying Intensities of 1.0 W/cm2, and 1.5 W/cm2" (2016). Health Nutrition and Exercise Science. 16.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/health-nutrition-exercise-sci/16
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28006