Psychological and Physical Effects of an 8-Week Electromyostimulation-Workout

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: Electromyostimulation Whole-Body-Workout; Device: Electromyostimulation Sham Whole-Body-Workout

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04499417

EA4/058/19 (longterm trial)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study investigates the midterm, longterm and acute psychological and physical effects of an 8-week whole-body-workout using Electromyostimulation (EMS) in healthy individuals.

Full description

EMS-whole-body-workouts are less time-consuming and effort-intensive but generate physical effects which are comparable to conventional strength training. Therefore EMS could lower the barrier to physical activity. The present study focusses on psychological and physical effects of an 8-week EMS workout. Physical activity is notably important for mental and physical health, but is on average far too rarely implemented. Therefore EMS-whole-body-workouts could provide an opportunity to generate positive psychological and physical effects through a less (subjective) cost-intense strength training.

Enrollment: 72 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject familiarized with experimental procedure and had given written informed consent
• Able to understand German
• Reachability of participant for the eight training sessions

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications for physical exercise or EMS-use
• Current EMS-use or intense regular exercise (> 60 min / week)
• Pregnancy
• Current presence of any mental disease
• Acute suicidality
• Substance dependencies with actual consumption (except nicotine)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental-Condition

Experimental group

Description:

8 weeks x weekly 20 minutes whole-body-workouts with simultaneous muscle stimulation (EMS). Participants carry out easy whole-body-exercises while wearing a EMS-vest-belt-system with interwoven electrodes. During the workout the muscles are simultaneously stimulated by those external electrodes with medium level (5) of stimulation intensity.

Treatment:

Device: Electromyostimulation Whole-Body-Workout

Sham-Condition

Sham Comparator group

Description:

8 weeks x weekly 20 minutes whole-body-workouts without simultaneous muscle stimulation (EMS). Participants carry out easy whole-body-exercises while wearing a EMS-vest-belt-system with interwoven electrodes. During the workout the muscles are not actually stimulated by EMS.

Treatment:

Device: Electromyostimulation Sham Whole-Body-Workout