The effect of 8 weeks of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) training on weight and body composition changes in obese middle-aged women
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1951-SSRC
Authors
1Islamic Azad university, Bojnourd Branch
2Department of Sport Science,, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran
Abstract
Along with the increasing decrease in physical activity in human societies, obesity and the diseases caused by it have increased. Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is one of the new methods of weight loss training that has been welcomed by people who are not able to participate in sports training. Therefore, the aim of the current research was to investigate the effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on changes in weight and body composition of sedentary obese women.
For this purpose, 12 sedentary obese women with the age of 39.33 ± 3.62 years and a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 were selected as subjects. The subjects' diet was controlled with a food recall questionnaire. Then the subjects trained 3 sessions a week for 8 weeks and each session was 45 minutes with the muscle electrical stimulation device. ANEA BIA 1202 device was used to check weight, BMI, body fat percentage (PBF) and lean body mass (SLM) before and after 8 weeks of training. The changes within the group were considered from the paired t-test and the significance level was p < 0.05.
The results of the paired t-test showed that 8 weeks of training using electrical muscle stimulation results in a significant reduction in weight, BMI, and fat percentage (p values 0.03, 0.01, and 0.008, respectively). Also, after 8 weeks of training with an electrical muscle stimulation device, a significant increase in SLM was observed (p=0.009).
The training method of electrical muscle stimulation can be used to reduce weight and maintain lean body mass in obese subjects who are unable to participate in physical activity.
For this purpose, 12 sedentary obese women with the age of 39.33 ± 3.62 years and a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 were selected as subjects. The subjects' diet was controlled with a food recall questionnaire. Then the subjects trained 3 sessions a week for 8 weeks and each session was 45 minutes with the muscle electrical stimulation device. ANEA BIA 1202 device was used to check weight, BMI, body fat percentage (PBF) and lean body mass (SLM) before and after 8 weeks of training. The changes within the group were considered from the paired t-test and the significance level was p < 0.05.
The results of the paired t-test showed that 8 weeks of training using electrical muscle stimulation results in a significant reduction in weight, BMI, and fat percentage (p values 0.03, 0.01, and 0.008, respectively). Also, after 8 weeks of training with an electrical muscle stimulation device, a significant increase in SLM was observed (p=0.009).
The training method of electrical muscle stimulation can be used to reduce weight and maintain lean body mass in obese subjects who are unable to participate in physical activity.
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