Dynamic Electrostimulation on the Abdominal Muscles in Healthy Individuals

Universidad de León120 enrolled

Overview

To determine the immediate effects on the abdominal musculature, assessed by ultrasound (RUSI), due to the application of electrostimulation using whole body electrostimulation together with physical exercise in healthy people and to compare with the application of local EMS in the abdominal area and the same physical exercise session. The same intervention is carried out for the control group as the WB-EMS group but simulated.

Evaluation of the immediate changes in the thickness of the abdominal muscles (Transversus abdominis, Internal and External Oblique and Rectus abdominis) and in the Interrectus distance after the physical exercise session together with whole body electrostimulation or local electrostimulation assessed by ultrasound (RUSI) in healthy people.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

WB-EMS (Whole body electrostimulation)DEVICE

Application of physical exercise and electrical stimulation on the abdominal muscles through the WB-EMS during 20 minutes training session with specific exercise (CORE)

EMSDEVICE

Application of physical exercise and electrical stimulation on the abdominal muscles through the EMS during 20 minutes training session with specific exercise (CORE)

WB-EMS offDEVICE

Application of physical exercise without electrical stimulation on the abdominal muscles through the WB-EMS off during a 20 minutes training session with specific exercise (CORE).

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy participants * Good medical history without injury or chest pain in the past year * No surgeries in the previous year. Exclusion Criteria: * Upper body mass index 30 Kg/m2 * Level of professional or elite sports activity * Hyperventilation / hypercapnia and score above 23 points on the Nijmegen questionnaire * Present any contraindication regarding the WB-EMS/EMS * Viral o bacterial infections * Arterial circulatory disorders, advanced arteriosclerosis * Women during their menstrual period * Type I diabetes, hemophilia, bruises, bleeding, cognitive deficit, fibromyalgia, congenital diseases with muscle-skeletal alterations at the level of the back and lower extremities, scoliosis, protrusion or disc herniation, medication consumption, abdominal surgeries (scars or keloids), abdominal muscle injury. * Presence of chronic low back, hip or thigh pain

Locations (1)

Universidad de León

Ponferrada, León, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measurement of muscle thickness of the abdominal muscles by ultrasound through the technique "Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging" (RUSI).

Measure muscle thickness before and after exercise with electrostimulation

Time frame: One day

Measurement of the Distance between Rectus abdominis using ultrasound (RUSI)

Measure the distance between Rectus abdominis before and after exercise with electrostimulation

Time frame: One day

Secondary Outcomes

International physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ)

Classification according to low, moderate or high physical activity level

Time frame: One day

Nijgemen questionnaire

A level of respiratory distress equal to or higher than 23 points is an exclusion criterion for exclusion from the study

Time frame: One day

Body height

Body height in meters

Time frame: One day

Body weight

Body weight in kilograms

Time frame: One day

Body mass index

Calculation of body mass index in Kg/m2 according to Queletet method

Time frame: One day

Heart frequency

Measurement of the heart rate (beats per minute)

Time frame: One day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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