Effects of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on Golf Performance

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Strength; Trunk Stability; Golf Specific Performance

Treatments: Device: WB-EMS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04264416

EMSGOLF

Details and patient eligibility

About

Golf is becoming increasingly popular in Germany. However, the biomechanical and motor challenge of golf should not be underestimated. Nevertheless, only very few amateur golfers carry out serious preparation and conditioning as part of a strength/stabilization program. The main argument for this limitation is the aspect of "limited time resources". A solution to this problem could therefore be the time-effective and highly individualizable whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) technology. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of 16 weeks of WB-EMSapplication on maximum strength of the lower extremities, trunk stability and (golf) handicap in male amateur golfers in a (randomized) controlled setting.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• golf amateurs with a history if golf > 2 years
• no WB-EMS application during the last 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• contraindications for WB-EMS (in doubt assessment by study physician)
• contraindications for MRI (in doubt assessment by study physician)
• resistance exercise training for more one 60 min/week during the last 12 months
• expected absence of more than one week during the intervention period (WB-EMS)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole-Body Electromyostimulation

Experimental group

Description:

16 weeks of dynamic WB-EMS: one supervised session per week, 20 min session; impulse-frequency: 85 Hz; impulse breadth 350 µs; intermittent 4-6 s; of impulse - 4 s of impulse break; impulse intensity RPE 7 (hard+ to very hard) on Borg CR 10 Scale.

Treatment:

Device: WB-EMS

Non exercising control

No Intervention group

Description:

...maintained physical activity and exercise habits during the study period.