The effect of 8 weeks of exercise with EMS devices on anthropometric and functional indicators
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1425-SSRC
Authors
1دستیار آموزشی دانشگاه آزاد
2استادیار
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of exercise with electrical muscle stimulation device on anthropometric and functional indicators of women.
Methods: 24 female volunteers without any specific disease were selected after completing the consent and physical evaluation forms to participate in the study and randomly divided into two groups of exercises with electrical muscle stimulation device (mean age: 6.52 ± 30.08, mean weight : 72.58 ± 10.43) and exercise without electrical muscle stimulation device (mean age: 32 95 ±12.95, mean weight: 69.40 ± 12.46). The training protocol included eight weeks of resistance training with body weight, functional training, circular training and interval training. The group with the device performed these exercises with the electrical muscle stimulation device and the group without the device performed the exercises without the electrical muscle stimulation device. 24 hours before the start and 48 hours after the end of the training protocol, the subjects were present in the laboratory in 2 separate sessions and anthropometric indices (weight, fat percentage and waist to hip ratio) and functional indices (lower body isometric strength (dynamometer) Abdominal muscle endurance (crunch) was assessed. Covariance test was used to analyze the data.
Results: Based on the findings of the study, there was no significant difference between anthropometric indices in weight values (P = 0.665) and waist to hip ratio (P = 0.697) between the two groups with and without devices. But there was a significant difference in the percentage of fat between the two groups (P = 0.002). Regarding performance indices in dynamometer values (P = 0.555) and Abdominal muscle endurance (crunch test) (P = 0.925), there was no significant difference between the two groups with and without devices.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that training with EMS can be associated with an improvement in fat percentage but is not effective in improving performance indicators, which is probably due to the novice subjects of this study.
Methods: 24 female volunteers without any specific disease were selected after completing the consent and physical evaluation forms to participate in the study and randomly divided into two groups of exercises with electrical muscle stimulation device (mean age: 6.52 ± 30.08, mean weight : 72.58 ± 10.43) and exercise without electrical muscle stimulation device (mean age: 32 95 ±12.95, mean weight: 69.40 ± 12.46). The training protocol included eight weeks of resistance training with body weight, functional training, circular training and interval training. The group with the device performed these exercises with the electrical muscle stimulation device and the group without the device performed the exercises without the electrical muscle stimulation device. 24 hours before the start and 48 hours after the end of the training protocol, the subjects were present in the laboratory in 2 separate sessions and anthropometric indices (weight, fat percentage and waist to hip ratio) and functional indices (lower body isometric strength (dynamometer) Abdominal muscle endurance (crunch) was assessed. Covariance test was used to analyze the data.
Results: Based on the findings of the study, there was no significant difference between anthropometric indices in weight values (P = 0.665) and waist to hip ratio (P = 0.697) between the two groups with and without devices. But there was a significant difference in the percentage of fat between the two groups (P = 0.002). Regarding performance indices in dynamometer values (P = 0.555) and Abdominal muscle endurance (crunch test) (P = 0.925), there was no significant difference between the two groups with and without devices.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that training with EMS can be associated with an improvement in fat percentage but is not effective in improving performance indicators, which is probably due to the novice subjects of this study.
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