Trial reportNutrients2021
Iron Beats Electricity: Resistance Training but Not Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Improves Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Metabolic Syndrome Patients during Caloric Restriction-A Randomized-Controlled Study.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Moderate-Frequency Resistance Training on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Calorie Restriction With and Without Strength, Endurance or Mixed Training on Fat-Free and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Overweight or Obese Individuals-A Systematic Review With Pairwise Meta-Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Pooled it
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- Impact of the association of strength training with neuromuscular electrostimulation on the functionality of individuals with functional decline during senescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Different Resistance Exercise Forms on Body Composition and Muscle Strength in Overweight and/or Obese Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Pooled it
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- Exercise improves gut microbial metabolites in an intensity-dependent manner: a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Effect of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Training on Glycemic Control in People With Prediabetes: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Inflammatory Markers and Saphenous Vein Graft Stenosis: Insights into the Use of Glucose-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Marker.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of 12-week combined whole-body electric muscle stimulation and lower-extremity strength training on body composition, blood lipid levels, and isokinetic muscle function of patients with obesity and knee pain.Physical activity and nutrition · 2025Article
- The Role of Glucose-Lymphocyte Ratio in Evaluating the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Integrative effects of resistance training and endurance training on mitochondrial remodeling in skeletal muscle.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Review
- Non-Athletic Cohorts Enrolled in Longitudinal Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Trials-An Evidence Map.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Effect of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation Program on Physical Performance and Selected Cardiometabolic Markers in Obese Young Females.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Preoperative glucose-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts survival in cancer.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Revised contraindications for the use of non-medical WB-electromyostimulation. Evidence-based German consensus recommendations.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Review
- Differential Effects of Very-Low-Volume Exercise Modalities on Telomere Length, Inflammation, and Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Metabolic Syndrome Patients: A Subanalysis from Two Randomized Controlled Trials.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Caloric restriction (CR) and exercise are cornerstones in the treatment of obesity and cardiometabolic disorders. Recently, whole body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) has emerged as a more time-efficient alternative to traditional resistance training (RT). However, the effects of WB-EMS compared to RT on cardiometabolic health in obese metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients performed during CR are still unclear. In total, 118 obese MetS patients (52.7 ± 11.8 years, BMI: 38.1 ± 6.9 kg/m
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