NCT06669598

ENHANCING PHYSICAL and COGNITIVE EFFICIENCY in INDIVIDUALS AT RISK of DEMENTIA USING WHOLE-BODY ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION

ENHANCING PHYSICAL and COGNITIVE EFFICIENCY in ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AT RISK of DEMENTIA USING WHOLE-BODY ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Molise · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of twelve weeks whole-body electrical muscle stimulation combined with aerobic exercises.

Detailed description

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of twelve weeks of WB-EMS (whole-body electrical muscle stimulation at 35Hz and 350 μs) combined with aerobic exercises on a treadmill and rowing machine, in improving physical and cognitive performance in older adults, both healthy and at risk of dementia. The results were compared with those obtained from the same training without WB-EMS.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Whole Body Electromyostimulation	The ETG group underwent in two 20-minute training sessions per week (12 weeks), with 72 hours of rest between sessions. Each session included aerobic activities such as rowing and treadmill exercises, combined with supervised WB-EMS stimulation. This stimu-lation utilised a rectangular waveform at 35 Hz, 350 μs, with continuous pulse dura-tion
BEHAVIORAL	control group	The CON group underwent three weekly training sessions for twelve weeks, con-sisting of 20 minutes of aerobic activity, performed on a treadmill and rowing machine, without the WB-EMS superimposition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-07
• Primary completion: 2024-05-15
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2024-11-01
• Last updated: 2024-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy