Clinical trial NCT03425981: Effects of WB-EMS in Runners.
Official title: EFFECTS OF WHOLE-BODY ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION TRAINING ON HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS IN RECREATIONAL RUNNERS.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Keywords: WB-EMS
Running economy
VO2max
Lead sponsor: Universidad de Granada
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-02-08
Enrollment: 14
Sex: MALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The subjects will be randomly distributed into 3 experimental groups: training with basic global electrostimulation (WB-EMS-SRT), training with specific global electrostimulation for runners (WB-EMS-WT) and control group (CG).

Initially and at the end of the intervention period, which will consist of six weeks, the subjects will undergo a series of tests: (1) Maximum incremental effort test in tapestry to exhaustion to determine cardiorespiratory capacity (VO2max) and thresholds (aerobic and anaerobic). (2) Submaximal carpet test at constant speed to determine race economy (EC). (3) Lower train power test (CMJ and Abalakov). (4) Weight, size and waist circumference. The aforementioned tests will be carried out on different days to avoid the effect of fatigue on performance with a break of more than 48 hours between tests.

The participants in the control group will maintain the volume and intensity of the training prior to the intervention study and the subjects of the WB-EMS and WB-EMS-AC groups will substitute one conventional training day for one with global electrostimulation for six weeks; the training of the first group will be non-specific and that of the second specific for runners and the duration of both will be 20 minutes.

Detailed description: A randomized controlled trial design was applied following CONSORT statements. After baseline measurements, participants were randomized into two groups: (i) WB-EMS group and (ii) Control Group (CG). Participants in the WB-EMS group were instructed to reduce their running training program volume, whereas the CG continued with their running training in term of volume and intensity: two or three times per week (45-60 minutes per day) at an intensity of 60-70% hearth rate reserve, which was controlled by heart rate monitor (Polar RS300X, POLAR, Kempele, Finland), and with 24-48 hours of rest between sessions

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Frequent runners

Exclusion Criteria:

* Received WB-EMS training.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Maximal oxygen consumption
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Ventilatory thresholds
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
measure: Running economy
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
measure: Muscular power
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
measure: Weight
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
measure: Body composition
timeFrame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 5 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Granada
country: Spain
facility: Medicine Faculty
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad de Granada
name: Baseline and post Castillo Garzón, University Proffesor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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