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Trial reportOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2016

Whole-body electromyostimulation to fight sarcopenic obesity in community-dwelling older women at risk. Resultsof the randomized controlled FORMOsA-sarcopenic obesity study.

W Kemmler, M Teschler, A Weissenfels, M Bebenek, S von Stengel, M Kohl, E Freiberger, S Goisser, F Jakob, C Sieber and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02857660 (Effect of Whole-body Electromyostimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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68citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02857660 phase3completednot on this map

Effect of Whole-body Electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) and/or Protein Supplementation on Sarcopenic Obesity in Community Dwelling Males 70+ With Sarcopenic Obesity

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical SchoolRan2016 to 2017Enrolled100ConditionsSarcopenic ObesityArmsWhole body Electromyostimulation (exercise), Protein
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. EffectS of Lifestyle Interventions in Older PEople With Obesity (Effective SLOPE): a Systematic Review With Network Meta-Analyses.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

W KemmlerInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany. Wolfgang.Kemmler@imp.uni-erlangen.de.
M TeschlerInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
A WeissenfelsInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
M BebenekInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
S von StengelInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
M KohlFaculty of Medical and Life Sciences, University of Furtwangen, Furtwangen, Germany.
E FreibergerInstitute for Biomedicine of Aging, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
S GoisserInstitute for Biomedicine of Aging, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
F JakobMusculoskeletal Research Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
C SieberInstitute for Biomedicine of Aging, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
K EngelkeInstitute of Medical Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEFurtwangen University · DEUniversity of Würzburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of whole body-electromyostimulation in community-dwelling women ≥70 with sarcopenic obesity was heterogeneous, with high effects on muscle mass, moderate effects on functional parameters, and minor effects on fat mass. Further, we failed to determine a supportive effect of additional protein-enriched dietary supplementation in this albeit predominately well-nourished group.

introductionThe aim of the study was to determine the effect of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) on sarcopenic obesity (SO) in community-dwelling women more than 70 years with sarcopenic obesity.

methodsSeventy-five community-dwelling women ≥70 years with SO were randomly allocated to either a WB-EMS-application with (WB-EMS &P; 24.9 ± 1.9 kg/m

resultsSarcopenia Z-score comparably increases in the WB-EMS and the WB-EMS&P-group (p ≤ .046). Both groups differ significantly (p ≤ .001) from the CG which deteriorated significantly (p = .006). Although body fat changes were most pronounced in the WB-EMS (-0.9 ± 2.1; p = .125) and WB-EMS&P (-1.4 ± 2.5; p = .028), reductions did not statistically differ (p = .746) from the CG (-0.8 ± 2.7; p = .179). Looking behind the covariates, the most prominent changes were determined for SMI, with a significant increase in both EMS-groups (2.0-2.5 %; p ≤ .003) and a decrease in the CG (-1.2 ± 3.1 %; p = .050) with significant between-group differences (p = .001).

conclusionWB-EMS is a safe and attractive method for increasing muscle mass and functional capacity in this cohort of women 70+ with SO; however, the effect on body fat is minor. Protein-enriched supplements did not increase effects of WB-EMS alone.

Indexed as

Electric Stimulation TherapyAbsorptiometry, PhotonAgedAged, 80 and overBody CompositionFemaleHumansMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthObesitySarcopeniaTaiwanBody fatCommunity-dwelling older peopleSarcopenic obesitySkeletal muscle massWhole-body electromyostimulation

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PMID27289534
OpenAlexW2410957066

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