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ReviewAesthetic plastic surgery2024

Non-invasive Body Contouring Technologies: An Updated Narrative Review.

Zahra Alizadeh, Farzin Halabchi, Zahra Bodaghabadi, Marzieh Mahmoudi Zarandi, Maryam Abolhasani, Vahid Seifi, Reyhaneh Khazaei, Shima Ghanadi, Reza Mazaheri, Mastaneh Rajabian Tabesh

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In one paragraph

Review in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06986915 (Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Anthropometric, Biochemical, and Psychological Outcomes in Obese Adult Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06986915 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Anthropometric, Biochemical, and Psychological Outcomes in Obese Adult Women: A Study at Dilla University, Ethiopia

TypeinterventionalSponsorAddisalem GirmaRan2019 to 2020Enrolled40ConditionsObesityArmsAerobic exercise at moderate intensity level
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Investigating the Metabolic Effects of Ultrasound-Induced Lipolysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zahra AlizadehDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. z_alizadeh@tums.ac.ir.
Farzin HalabchiDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra BodaghabadiDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Marzieh Mahmoudi ZarandiDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam AbolhasaniCardiovascular Diseases Research Centre, Cardiac primary prevention research center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid SeifiDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reyhaneh KhazaeiDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shima GhanadiObesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza MazaheriDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mastaneh Rajabian TabeshCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center (CPPRC), Heart Centre Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNowadays, a lot of body contouring devices and methods are introduced all over the world. The object of the present narrative review was to update and classify existing evidence on these methods and devices.

methodsWe searched databases including PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar for 11 essential keywords, including cryolipolysis, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), shock wave, low-level laser therapy (LLLT), radiofrequency (RF), capacitive resistive electrical transfer (TECAR), high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM), electromyostimulation (EMS), carboxytherapy, mesotherapy, and acupuncture and their abbreviations, in addition to obesity, overweight, cellulite, subcutaneous fat, and body contouring.

resultsTotally 193 references were used in 11 main topics.

conclusionIn order to help physicians with finding the best evidence in different methods, the data were summarised in 11 topics. Furthermore, FDA-approved devices, side effects and common protocols were described in each section. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE I: This journal requires that authors 39 assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full 40 description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, 41 please refer to the Table of Contents or the online 42 Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

Indexed as

Body ContouringLow-Level Light TherapyHumansObesitySubcutaneous FatTreatment OutcomeAcupunctureBody contouringCapacitive resistive electrical transfer (TECAR)CarboxytherapyCelluliteCryolipolysisElectromyostimulation (EMS)High-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM)High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)Low-level laser therapy (LLLT)MesotherapyObesityOverweightRadiofrequency (RF)Shock waveSubcutaneous fat

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PMID37749418
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