Strength and muscular power: a training program with 2 electrostimulation modes.

NEWS / 29/05/2024

The main aim of this study was to compare the effects on muscular strength and power of a training program based on two different modes of total body electrostimulation (WB-EMS) compared to a resistance training program aimed at improving dynamic strength. Twenty-two subjects participated in this study: Thirteen males (age 25.2±2.8 years; height 1.78±0.1 m; body mass 72.8±6.4 kg; body fat 11.6±2.0 3%) and nine females (age 28.2±3.5 years; height 1.63±0.05 m; body mass 56.8±7.6 kg; body fat 19.1±4.7%).

Participants were randomly assigned to three groups that followed three different 6-week training programs: two modalities of WB-EMS, based on different electrical parameters (experimental), and one circuit training with overload (control). Muscle strength parameters were calculated for each participant before and after treatment. All groups improved their level of muscle strength and power with a very similar variation, no significant differences were observed between the groups at the end of the trial. This study suggests that WB-EMS could be considered a valid and faster alternative – or an important complementary procedure – to a traditional overload-based resistance training program for the development of dynamic strength. Effects of Two Modalities of Whole-body Electrostimulation Programs and Resistance Circuit Training on Strength and Power Stefano DʼOttavio, Gianluca Briotti, Cristina Rosazza, Filippo Partipilo, Adriano Silvestri, Cosimo Calabrese, Andrea Bernardini, Paolo Roberto Gabrielli, Bruno Ruscello. Int J Sports Med. 2019 Dec;40(13):831-841.

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