Assessment of Mechanical Stress Induced by Radiofrequency Currents on Skin Interfaces

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Tissue</td><td class="align_center">0.1 MHz</td><td class="align_center">1 MHz</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SC</td><td class="align_center">8.6</td><td class="align_center">1.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Epidermis</td><td class="align_center">1.35</td><td class="align_center">1.11</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dermis</td><td class="align_center">0.08</td><td class="align_center">0.03</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">sWAT</td><td class="align_center">0.009</td><td class="align_center">0.045</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Assessment of Mechanical Stress Induced by Radiofrequency Currents on Skin Interfaces 