{"id":3215,"date":"2019-01-08T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:47:59","slug":"whole-body-electromyostimulation-fight-osteopenia-in-elderly-females-the-randomized-controlled-training-and-electrostimulation-trial-test-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/whole-body-electromyostimulation-fight-osteopenia-in-elderly-females-the-randomized-controlled-training-and-electrostimulation-trial-test-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole-body electromyostimulation to fight osteopenia in elderly females"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main hypothesis of this trial was that WB-EMS training significantly increases bone mineral density in the lumbar spine compared to a control group. Our secondary hypothesis was that WB-EMS training significantly affects bone mineral density in the proximal femur compared to the control group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>76 osteopenic women living in the community 70 years or older were randomized to a WB-EMS group (n = 38) or a control group (n = 38). The WB-EMS group conducted 3 sessions every 14 days for a year, while the control group performed gymnastics with identical exercises without EMS.<\/p>\n<p>The WB-EMS group conducted 18-19 minute sessions with a bipolar current, frequency of 85 Hz, pulse width of 350 \u03bcs 3 times in 2 weeks (every Monday or Tuesday and every second Thursday or Friday) for 54 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The control group performed two 10-week blocks of easy gymnastics by performing 1 session of 60 minutes a week with 10 weeks of rest between the blocks. After 5 minutes of variations in the walk, the subjects performed the same low intensity \/ low amplitude dynamic exercises, as during the EMS sessions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resutls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was a gain in lean body mass and an increase in grip strength in the WB-EMS group compared to the control group. As for the increase in bone mineral density there were no significant differences between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No significant effect was found in the use of WB-EMS in bone mineral density in the lumbar spine and no effect in the hip. However, given the high impact of this technology on muscle mass and strength, WB-EMS may be an option for musculoskeletal prevention and rehabilitation, at least for elderly subjects who cannot or do not want to exercise in a manner conventional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Von Stengel S., Bebenek M., Engelke K., y Kemmler W. (2015). Whole-Body Electromyostimulation to Fight Osteopenia in Elderly Females: The Randomized Controlled Training and Electrostimulation Trial (TEST-III). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J Osteoporos 2015<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 643520.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25785225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Text<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The main hypothesis of this trial was that WB-EMS training significantly increases bone mineral density in the lumbar spine compared to a control group. Our secondary hypothesis was that WB-EMS training significantly affects bone mineral density in the proximal femur compared to the control group. Method 76 osteopenic women living in the community 70 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":933,"featured_media":10390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,116,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-aging","category-body-composition","category-ems-theory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9119,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions\/9119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academy.wiemspro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}