Muscle is the body's largest metabolic organ and its condition is closely linked to the health of the heart and metabolism. Here we gather research on how training with electromyostimulation affects cardiovascular risk, body composition and metabolic markers across client groups.

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Cardiology & metabolic health

Studies focused on heart disease, metabolic syndrome, body composition and the use of electromyostimulation for overall health.

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Effects of High Intensity Resistance Training versus Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors in Untrained Middle-Aged Males: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Wolfgang Kemmler Matthias Kohl Simon von Stengel

WB-EMSmetabolic syndromecardiometabolic healthabdominal fat
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Impact of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Older Women with Sarcopenic Obesity: The Randomized Controlled FORMOsA-Sarcopenic Obesity Study

Katharina Wittmann Wolfgang Kemmler Simon von Stengel Cornel Sieber Matthias Kohl Ellen Freiberger Franz Jakob Michael Lell

WB-EMSmetabolic syndromecardiometabolic healthblood pressure
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Elektromyostimulation (EMS) in Cardiac Patients – Will EMS Training Be Helpful in Secondary Prevention?

Dirk Fritzsche, Andreas Fründ, Sören Schenk, Klaus-Peter Mellwig, Heinz Kleinöder, Jan Gummert, Dieter Horstkotte

WB-EMScardiologyheart failurecardiac rehabilitation
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Whole-body electromyostimulation and protein supplementation favorably affect sarcopenic obesity in community-dwelling older men at risk: the randomized controlled FranSO study

Wolfgang Kemmler Anja Weissenfels Marc Teschler Sebastian Willert Michael Bebenek Mahdieh Shojaa Matthias Kohl Ellen Freiberger Cornel Sieber Simon von Stengel

WB-EMSsarcopeniasarcopenic obesitymuscle mass
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