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Table 1 Basic information on the papers included for qualitative analysis

From: The physical and physiological effects of vacuum massage on the different skin layers: a current status of the literature

Paper

Aetiology

Study design

Targeted skin layer

Patients (n)

Assessment

SIGN score

LESS score

Adcock et al. 2001 [23]

Pig skin

RCT

Hypodermis

4

Intra-dermal tonometry

++

17

Adcock et al. 1998 [1]

Pig skin

RCT

Dermis/hypodermis

12

Histology

++

16

Revuz et al. 2002 [19]

Ageing skin

CCT

Dermis

24

Subjective assessment of skin laxity and skin loosening, stereophogrammetry, cutometer

++

16

Moseley et al. 2007 [24]

Scar-like

RCT

Dermis/hypodermis

10

Likert scale, tonometry

++

16

Bourgeois et al. 2008 [27]

Scars

RCT

Epidermis/dermis

20

Subjective assessment of pain, itch, tightness, erythema and skin smoothening, profilometry

++

13

Lucassen et al. 1997 [15]

Healthy skin

Pre/post

Dermis/hypodermis

19

High-frequency ultrasound

+

13

Watson et al. 1999 [2]

Healthy skin

RCT

Epidermis/dermis

5

Laser-Doppler imaging, lymphoscintigraphy, venous flowmetry

+

13

Ortonne et al. 2003 [26]

Lipodystrophy

RCT

Dermis/hypodermis

30

High-frequency ultrasound, fringe projection, skin fold thickness

+

13

Innocenzi et al. 2003 [21]

Lipodystrophy

CCT

Epidermis/dermis

15

Quantitative histology

+

11

Monteux et al. 2008 [13]

Lipodystrophy

Pre/post

Dermis/hypodermis

9

Skin fold thickness

+

11

Marques et al. 2011 [16]

Healthy skin

Pre/post

Hypodermis

12

Gene profiling, micro-array

+

11

Innocenzi et al. 2002 [20]

Lipodystrophy

CCT

Epidermis/dermis

12

Descriptive histology

+

10

Scuderi et al. 2008 [28]

Healthy skin

RCT

Epidermis/dermis

10

Subjective assessment of skin smoothening and skin tone

0

10

Majani et al. 2013 [18]

Scars

Pre/post

Epidermis/dermis

26

Subjective assessment of skin smoothness, pain, tenderness, oedema and aesthetic improvement, histology

0

10

Marquez-Rebollo 2014 [17]

Scar-like

Pre/post

Epidermis/dermis

70

Number of indurations

0

10

Gavroy et al. 1996 [22]

Scars

CCT

Details not available

606

Test de glissement

0

7

Lattarulo et al. 2001 [14]

Healthy skin

Pre/post

Epidermis/dermis

34

Laser-Doppler imaging, tcpO2

0

7

Worret et al. 2004 [3]

Scar-like

Pre/post

Dermis

10

Subjective assessment of pain, colour and elasticity, Quality of Life, cutometer

0

7

Delprat et al. 1995 [12]

Scars

Pre/post

Details not available

132

Test de glissement

0

5

  1. RCT randomised controlled trial, CCT controlled clinical trial, tcpO2 transcutaneous oxygen pressure