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Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults

The aim of this study was to verify and compare the effects of electromyostimulation training (EMS), strength training (ST), and both combined (STEMS), through the analysis of the elbow flexors muscle thickness. Forty subjects (24.45 ± 3.53 years), were randomly divided equally in 4 groups: 3 experi...

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Autores principales: Matos, Filipe, Amaral, João, Martinez, Eduardo, Canário-Lemos, Rui, Moreira, Tiago, Cavalcante, Jurandir, Peixoto, Rafael, Pinheiro, Bruno Nobre, Junior, Lino Scipião, Uchoa, Paulo, Garrido, Nuno, Reis, Victor Machado, Monteiro, Gabriéla Matos, Vilaça-Alves, José
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063184
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author Matos, Filipe
Amaral, João
Martinez, Eduardo
Canário-Lemos, Rui
Moreira, Tiago
Cavalcante, Jurandir
Peixoto, Rafael
Pinheiro, Bruno Nobre
Junior, Lino Scipião
Uchoa, Paulo
Garrido, Nuno
Reis, Victor Machado
Monteiro, Gabriéla Matos
Vilaça-Alves, José
author_facet Matos, Filipe
Amaral, João
Martinez, Eduardo
Canário-Lemos, Rui
Moreira, Tiago
Cavalcante, Jurandir
Peixoto, Rafael
Pinheiro, Bruno Nobre
Junior, Lino Scipião
Uchoa, Paulo
Garrido, Nuno
Reis, Victor Machado
Monteiro, Gabriéla Matos
Vilaça-Alves, José
author_sort Matos, Filipe
collection PubMed
description The aim of this study was to verify and compare the effects of electromyostimulation training (EMS), strength training (ST), and both combined (STEMS), through the analysis of the elbow flexors muscle thickness. Forty subjects (24.45 ± 3.53 years), were randomly divided equally in 4 groups: 3 experimental groups and 1 control group. Each experimental group was submitted to one of three interventions, either an ST protocol, an EMS protocol, or a STEMS protocol. The control group (CG) did not perform any type of physical activity. Ultrasonography (US) was used to measure muscle thickness (MT) at 50 and 60% of the distance between the acromion and the olecranon. The results showed a significant difference in the elbow flexors muscle thickness after 8 weeks, both in the STG, EMSG, and STEMSG, but not in the CG. However, no significant differences were observed between the intervention protocols. It seems that an increase in MT can be obtained using either with ST, EMS, or both combined, however, the results doesn’t support the overlap of one method in relation to the others. EMS can be another interesting tool to induce muscle hypertrophy, but not necessarily better.
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spelling pubmed-89556362022-03-26 Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults Matos, Filipe Amaral, João Martinez, Eduardo Canário-Lemos, Rui Moreira, Tiago Cavalcante, Jurandir Peixoto, Rafael Pinheiro, Bruno Nobre Junior, Lino Scipião Uchoa, Paulo Garrido, Nuno Reis, Victor Machado Monteiro, Gabriéla Matos Vilaça-Alves, José Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to verify and compare the effects of electromyostimulation training (EMS), strength training (ST), and both combined (STEMS), through the analysis of the elbow flexors muscle thickness. Forty subjects (24.45 ± 3.53 years), were randomly divided equally in 4 groups: 3 experimental groups and 1 control group. Each experimental group was submitted to one of three interventions, either an ST protocol, an EMS protocol, or a STEMS protocol. The control group (CG) did not perform any type of physical activity. Ultrasonography (US) was used to measure muscle thickness (MT) at 50 and 60% of the distance between the acromion and the olecranon. The results showed a significant difference in the elbow flexors muscle thickness after 8 weeks, both in the STG, EMSG, and STEMSG, but not in the CG. However, no significant differences were observed between the intervention protocols. It seems that an increase in MT can be obtained using either with ST, EMS, or both combined, however, the results doesn’t support the overlap of one method in relation to the others. EMS can be another interesting tool to induce muscle hypertrophy, but not necessarily better. MDPI 2022-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8955636/ /pubmed/35328871 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063184 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Matos, Filipe
Amaral, João
Martinez, Eduardo
Canário-Lemos, Rui
Moreira, Tiago
Cavalcante, Jurandir
Peixoto, Rafael
Pinheiro, Bruno Nobre
Junior, Lino Scipião
Uchoa, Paulo
Garrido, Nuno
Reis, Victor Machado
Monteiro, Gabriéla Matos
Vilaça-Alves, José
Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title_full Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title_fullStr Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title_full_unstemmed Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title_short Changes in Muscle Thickness after 8 Weeks of Strength Training, Electromyostimulation, and Both Combined in Healthy Young Adults
title_sort changes in muscle thickness after 8 weeks of strength training, electromyostimulation, and both combined in healthy young adults
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063184
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