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Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review
The most effective physiologic mean to prevent sarcopenia and related muscle malfunction is a physically active lifestyle, or even better, physical exercise. However, due to time constraints, lack of motivation, or physical limitations, a large number of elderly subjects are either unwilling or unab...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22500224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/109013 |
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author | Kemmler, Wolfgang von Stengel, Simon |
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description | The most effective physiologic mean to prevent sarcopenia and related muscle malfunction is a physically active lifestyle, or even better, physical exercise. However, due to time constraints, lack of motivation, or physical limitations, a large number of elderly subjects are either unwilling or unable to perform conventional workouts. In this context, two new exercise technologies, whole-body vibration (WBV) and whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS), may exhibit a save, autonomous, and efficient alternative to increase or maintain muscle mass and function. Regarding WB-EMS, the few recent studies indeed demonstrated highly relevant effects of this technology on muscle mass, strength, and power parameters at least in the elderly, with equal or even higher effects compared with conventional resistance exercise. On the contrary, although the majority of studies with elderly subjects confirmed the positive effect of WBV on strength and power parameters, a corresponding relevant effect on muscle mass was not reported. However, well-designed studies with adequate statistical power should focus more intensely on this issue. |
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spelling | pubmed-33036752012-04-12 Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review Kemmler, Wolfgang von Stengel, Simon J Aging Res Review Article The most effective physiologic mean to prevent sarcopenia and related muscle malfunction is a physically active lifestyle, or even better, physical exercise. However, due to time constraints, lack of motivation, or physical limitations, a large number of elderly subjects are either unwilling or unable to perform conventional workouts. In this context, two new exercise technologies, whole-body vibration (WBV) and whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS), may exhibit a save, autonomous, and efficient alternative to increase or maintain muscle mass and function. Regarding WB-EMS, the few recent studies indeed demonstrated highly relevant effects of this technology on muscle mass, strength, and power parameters at least in the elderly, with equal or even higher effects compared with conventional resistance exercise. On the contrary, although the majority of studies with elderly subjects confirmed the positive effect of WBV on strength and power parameters, a corresponding relevant effect on muscle mass was not reported. However, well-designed studies with adequate statistical power should focus more intensely on this issue. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3303675/ /pubmed/22500224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/109013 Text en Copyright © 2012 W. Kemmler and S. von Stengel. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Kemmler, Wolfgang von Stengel, Simon Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title | Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title_full | Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title_fullStr | Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title_short | Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review |
title_sort | alternative exercise technologies to fight against sarcopenia at old age: a series of studies and review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22500224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/109013 |
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