{"title":"The Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) towards Male Skeletal Muscle Mass","authors":"Mohd Faridz Ahmad, Amirul Hakim Hasbullah","volume":108,"journal":"International Journal of Sport and Health Sciences","pagesStart":864,"pagesEnd":874,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10003368","abstract":"
Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) has been
\r\nintroduced and globally gained increasing attention on its usefulness.
\r\nContinuous application of EMS may lead to the increment of muscle
\r\nmass and indirectly will increase the strength. This study can be used
\r\nas an alternative to help people especially those living a sedentary
\r\nlifestyle to improve their muscle activity without having to go
\r\nthrough a heavy workout session. Therefore, this study intended to
\r\ninvestigate the effectiveness of EMS training program in 5 weeks
\r\ninterventions towards male body composition. It was a quasiexperimental
\r\ndesign, held at the Impulse Studio Bangsar, which
\r\nexamined the effects of EMS training towards skeletal muscle mass
\r\namong the subjects. Fifteen subjects (n = 15) were selected to assist
\r\nin this study. The demographic data showed that, the average age of
\r\nthe subjects was 43.07 years old ± 9.90, height (173.4 cm ± 9.09) and
\r\nweight was (85.79 kg ± 18.07). Results showed that there was a
\r\nsignificant difference on the skeletal muscle mass (p = 0.01 < 0.05),
\r\nupper body (p = 0.01 < 0.05) and lower body (p = 0.00 < 0.05).
\r\nTherefore, the null hypothesis has been rejected in this study. As a
\r\nconclusion, the application of EMS towards body composition can
\r\nincrease the muscle size and strength. This method has been proven
\r\nto be able to improve athlete strength and thus, may be implemented
\r\nin the sports science area of knowledge.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Ahlborn, P., Schachner, M. and Irintchev, A. (2007). One hour electrical\r\nstimulation accelerates functional recovery after femoral nerve repair.\r\nExperimental Neurology 208 (2007) 137\u2013144.\r\n[2] Aldayel, A., Jubeau, M., McGuigan, M., & Nosaka, K. (2010).\r\nComparison between alternating and pulsed current electrical muscle\r\nstimulation for muscle and systemic acute responses. J Appl Physiol\r\n109: 735\u2013744.\r\n[3] Amer. S (2006). Garment for electrical muscle stimulation of muscles in\r\nthe upper body and arms and legs. Retrieved November 4 2015 from\r\nhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/patents\/US20060247733\r\n[4] Anderson, A., Murphy, M., Murtagh, E., & Nevill, A. (2006). 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