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ArticleSports medicine - open2021

Psychological Effects of Whole-body Electromyostimulation Training: a Controlled Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers.

Christian Keicher, Lena Pyrkosch, Bernd Wolfarth, Andreas Ströhle

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Article in Sports medicine - open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christian KeicherCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany.
Lena PyrkoschCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany. lena.pyrkosch@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3676-3283
Bernd WolfarthCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Abteilung Sportmedizin, Philippstraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas StröhleCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC). 2009-1088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) training is used in popular and health sports to improve muscular performance. Little is known about the possible psychological effects of WB-EMS training. The aim of the study is therefore to investigate the possible psychological effects of WB-EMS training on subjective well-being, relaxation, mood, and perceived stress. MATERIALS AND

methodsTwenty-five healthy subjects underwent conventional WB-EMS training and Sham training (without the application of electrical stimulation) as part of a randomized, controlled pilot study in a crossover design. Subjective well-being and subjective relaxation were assessed using visual analog scales, the current state of mood was assessed with Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaires (MDBF), and the current level of stress was assessed with Recovery-Stress Questionnaires/Erholungs-Belastungs-Fragebögen (RESTQEBF) before and after training.

resultsWB-EMS training has a statistically significant positive effect on subjective well-being and subjective relaxation, as well as on the awake subscale of the MDBF. No significant main effect of sequence and no interaction effects were found. Also, compared to a Sham training session, a single WB-EMS training session had no significant effect on mood, nervousness, or the current level of stress.

conclusionBesides physiological effects, WB-EMS might also have a strong psychological impact. WB-EMS could be beneficial for people who, due to their limitations, have problems training on a regular basis and with adequate training intensity.

trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00012583 , 22 June 2017.

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