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Table 4 Overview of treatment parameters

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

Paper

Device

Intensity

Techniques

Treatment time in minutes

No. of treatments

Frequency/week

Delprat et al. 1995 [12]

LPG®

Details not available

Details not available

5

Min. 15

Between 3 and 7

Gavroy et al. 1996 [22]

LPG®

5

Technique selection based on pathology

4

Details not available

Details not available

Lucassen et al. 1997 [15]

Details not available

200 mBar

Unidirectional pinch/roll pulsating

15

40

3

Adcock et al. 1998 [1]

LPG®

Increasing

Smoothing, bouncing, figure eight, popping

10

4, 10 or 20

1 or 2

Watson et al. 1999 [2]

LPG®

6 or 7

Smoothing, bouncing, figure eight

20

2

2×/day

Adcock et al. 2001 [23]

LPG®

3–5–7–9

Smoothing, bouncing, figure eight, popping, kneading

10

4, 10 or 20

1 or 2

Lattarulo et al. 2001 [14]

LPG®

Details not available

Details not available

20

1

1x/day

Revuz et al. 2002 [19]

LPG® Lift 6

Details not available

Details not available

15

24

3

Innocenzi et al. 2002 [20]

LPG®

Details not available

Details not available

11

14

2 or 3

Innocenzi et al. 2003 [21]

LPG®

Details not available

Details not available

11

14

2 or 3

Ortonne et al. 2003 [26]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined in practical protocola

35

16, 22 or 28

2

Worret et al. 2004 [3]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined “scars” programme of device

Details not available

13

1

Moseley et al. 2007 [24]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined in practical protocola

30

16

4

Bourgeois et al. 2008 [27]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined in practical protocola

10

15

3

Monteux et al. 2008 [13]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined in practical protocola

Details not available

12

3

Scuderi et al. 2008 [28]

ICOONE®/LPG®

10/5

Pre-defined in practical protocola

35

10

2

Marques et al. 2011 [16]

LPG®

Details not available

Pre-defined in practical protocola

30

12

2

Majani et al. 2013 [18]

LPG®

Details not available

Frequency: continuous for mature scars, 4 Hz for edema, 8-16 Hz for vascularization

Details not available

Between 8 and 20

2

Marquez-Rebollo et al. 2014 [17]

LPG®

Details not available

Forward, backward, sidelong and diagonal movements

15–40

12

2

  1. aThe techniques were cited by the authors as pre-defined in a practical protocol which was not described in the article