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The effect of 6 weeks electrical muscle stimulation training and aerobic exercise on body composition of overweight women: a randomized controlled study

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Background and aims

Aerobic exercise has proven positive effects on weight reduction and body composition improvement. During recent years, whole-body electrical muscle stimulation (WB-EMS) training has received attention as a method for time-efficient exercise. So, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of superimposed whole-body EMS compared to aerobic exercise alone on body composition.

Methods

Forty sedentary overweight women aged 20–45 years old were randomly allocated to either moderate intensity aerobic exercise (3 days/week) or aerobic exercise (3 days/week) plus WB-EMS (2 days/week) for 6 weeks. WB-EMS was conducted with intermittent stimulation (6 s WB-EMS, 4 s rest; 85 Hz, 350 ms) over 20 min. The main outcome parameters were weight, body fat mass, percent body fat (PBF), lean body mass (LBM), waist and hip circumferences and abdominal and suprailiac skinfold.

Results

After 6 weeks, both groups showed improvement in weight and body composition parameters based on bioimpedance (BIA) without statistical differences between groups (p > 0.05). Skinfold decreased in abdominal and suprailiac points in both groups (p = 0.000), with significant between-group difference for abdominal skinfold (p = 0.04). Waist and hip circumferences decreased in both groups (p < 0.05), without differences between groups (p = 0.69 and p = 0.43, respectively).

Conclusion

According to the results of the present study, aerobic exercise improved body composition and WB-EMS added no significant benefits, except for some added improvement in abdominal skinfold.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation was performed by ZA, SG and MRT. Data collection and analysis were performed by ZA, ZT and FH. The first draft of the manuscript was written by FM and DB, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ghannadi, S., Halabchi, F., Maleklou, F. et al. The effect of 6 weeks electrical muscle stimulation training and aerobic exercise on body composition of overweight women: a randomized controlled study. Sport Sci Health 18, 1387–1395 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-022-00910-7

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