Table 4.
Overview of treatment parameters
| 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 |
aThe techniques were cited by the authors as pre-defined in a practical protocol which was not described in the article