MICROWAVE DIATHERMY TREATMENT OF THE HUMAN THIGH PART I The Experimental Measurement of the Muscle Blood Flow in the Thigh Undergoing Microwave Diathermy Treatment
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Resting blood flow rates were about 2 ml/min/100 gm and maximum rates reached 32 ml/min/100 gm at depths of 1.5 cm and 3.0 cm. Microwave heating alone increased blood flow at the shallow depth of 1.5 cm. Adding surface cooling before and during heating eliminated the flow increase at the shallow depth but augmented perfusion at the deeper depth.