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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2013

Whole-body electromyostimulation as a means to impact muscle mass and abdominal body fat in lean, sedentary, older female adults: subanalysis of the TEST-III trial.

Wolfgang Kemmler, Simon von Stengel

4 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02078986 phase3terminatednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of the Effect of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Versus High Intensity Resistance Exercise Training on Body Composition and Strength in Middle Aged Males

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical SchoolRan2014 to 2015Enrolled50ConditionsHealthy, Sedentary, UntrainedArmsWhole Body Electromyostimulation, High Intensity Resistance Exercise Training
NCT02144129 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Different Types of Whole Body Electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) Application on Body Composition, Muscle Strength and Quality of Life in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical SchoolRan2014 to 2018Enrolled0ConditionsUlcerative ColitisArmsactive Whole Body Electromyostimulation, Passive WB-EMS, WB-EMS application
NCT02356016 phase2 / phase3completednot on this map

Effects of Whole-body Electromyostimulation and Dietary Supplements on "Sarcopenic Obesity" in Elderly Females Living in the Community

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical SchoolRan2013 to 2016Enrolled75ConditionsSarcopenic ObesityArmsWB-EMS Intervention, WB-EMS-Intervention and dietary supplementation, control (dietary counseling)
NCT06188481 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Whole-body Electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) Training on Glycemic Control in People With Prediabetes: a Randomized Controlled Pilot-study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital TuebingenRan2024 to 2025Enrolled66ConditionsPre-diabetesArmswhole-body electromyostimulation training, activity tracker, evidence-based lifestyle education program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Acute Effects of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation during a Single Maximal Strength Training Session.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  13. Whole-body electromyostimulation to fight sarcopenic obesity in community-dwelling older women at risk. Resultsof the randomized controlled FORMOsA-sarcopenic obesity study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wolfgang KemmlerInstitute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Simon von Stengel
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe primary aim of this study was to determine the effect of 12 months of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) exercise on appendicular muscle mass and abdominal fat mass in subjects specifically at risk for sarcopenia and abdominal obesity, but unable or unwilling to exercise conventionally.

methodsForty-six lean, nonsportive (<60 minutes of exercise per week), elderly women (aged 75 ± 4 years) with abdominal obesity according to International Diabetes Federation criteria were randomly assigned to either a WB-EMS group (n=23) which performed 18 minutes of intermittent, bipolar WB-EMS (85 Hz) three sessions in 14 days or an "active" control group (n=23). Whole-body and regional body composition was assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to determine appendicular muscle mass, upper leg muscle mass, abdominal fat mass, and upper leg fat mass. Maximum strength of the leg extensors was determined isometrically by force plates.

resultsAfter 12 months, significant intergroup differences were detected for the primary end-points of appendicular muscle mass (0.5% ± 2.0% for the WB-EMS group versus -0.8% ± 2.0% for the control group, P=0.025) and abdominal fat mass (-1.2% ± 5.9% for the WB-EMS group versus 2.4% ± 5.8% for the control group, P=0.038). Further, upper leg lean muscle mass changed favorably in the WB-EMS group (0.5% ± 2.5% versus -0.9% ± 1.9%, in the control group, P=0.033), while effects for upper leg fat mass were borderline nonsignificant (-0.8% ± 3.5% for the WB-EMS group versus 1.0% ± 2.6% for the control group, P=0.050). With respect to functional parameters, the effects for leg extensor strength were again significant, with more favorable changes in the WB-EMS group (9.1% ± 11.2% versus 1.0% ± 8.1% in the control group, P=0.010).

conclusionIn summary, WB-EMS showed positive effects on the parameters of sarcopenia and regional fat accumulation. Further, considering the good acceptance of this technology by this nonsportive elderly cohort at risk for sarcopenia and abdominal obesity, WB-EMS may be a less off-putting alternative to impact appendicular muscle mass and abdominal fat mass, at least for subjects unwilling or unable to exercise conventionally.

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Abdominal FatMuscle, SkeletalSedentary BehaviorThinnessTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationAgedFemaleGermanyHumansSarcopeniaabdominal fatagedelectrostimulationexercisemusclesarcopenia

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PMID24130433
PMCPMC3795534
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