Whole-body electromyostimulation as a means to impact muscle mass and abdominal body fat in lean, sedentary, older female adults: Subanalysis of the TEST-III trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1353-1364

  Kemmler, Wolfgang ^a   von Stengel, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Aged; Electrostimulation; Exercise; Muscle; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SARCOPENIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WHOLE BODY ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; MUSCLE; SARCOPENIA;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; THINNESS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84885195384     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S52337     Document Type: Article

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