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WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats
As a time-efficient and highly effective form of training, whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) enables personalised training for a wide range of users due to its personal training character and the individual control of the training intensity. However, due to misuse, negative side effects of W...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114211 |
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author | Berger, Joshua Fröhlich, Michael Kemmler, Wolfgang |
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description | As a time-efficient and highly effective form of training, whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) enables personalised training for a wide range of users due to its personal training character and the individual control of the training intensity. However, due to misuse, negative side effects of WB-EMS have been reported in the past, resulting in expert guidelines for safe and effective WB-EMS application being issued. Furthermore, the use of WB-EMS is now legally permitted only for qualified personnel with certified equipment. This professionalization of the WB-EMS market as per the definition of quality standards for the devices and the personnel ensured a safe and effective WB-EMS application. However, recent market developments are undermining these standards through the growing of WB-EMS offers for the private sector. Hereby, most concepts focus on completely or predominately non-supervised WB application without control of potential overload by a qualified trainer. WB application is by no means trivial and the shift of responsibility for safety and effectiveness from the certified personnel to the trainees themselves is a clear step backwards in the development of WB-EMS use. We conclude that private, inadequately supervised WB-EMS application bears more dangers than potential benefits, not only for the trainees but also for the WB-EMS market as a whole. |
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spelling | pubmed-96568322022-11-15 WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats Berger, Joshua Fröhlich, Michael Kemmler, Wolfgang Int J Environ Res Public Health Opinion As a time-efficient and highly effective form of training, whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) enables personalised training for a wide range of users due to its personal training character and the individual control of the training intensity. However, due to misuse, negative side effects of WB-EMS have been reported in the past, resulting in expert guidelines for safe and effective WB-EMS application being issued. Furthermore, the use of WB-EMS is now legally permitted only for qualified personnel with certified equipment. This professionalization of the WB-EMS market as per the definition of quality standards for the devices and the personnel ensured a safe and effective WB-EMS application. However, recent market developments are undermining these standards through the growing of WB-EMS offers for the private sector. Hereby, most concepts focus on completely or predominately non-supervised WB application without control of potential overload by a qualified trainer. WB application is by no means trivial and the shift of responsibility for safety and effectiveness from the certified personnel to the trainees themselves is a clear step backwards in the development of WB-EMS use. We conclude that private, inadequately supervised WB-EMS application bears more dangers than potential benefits, not only for the trainees but also for the WB-EMS market as a whole. MDPI 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9656832/ /pubmed/36361091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114211 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/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Berger, Joshua Fröhlich, Michael Kemmler, Wolfgang WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title | WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title_full | WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title_fullStr | WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title_full_unstemmed | WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title_short | WB-EMS Market Development—Perspectives and Threats |
title_sort | wb-ems market development—perspectives and threats |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114211 |
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