PEMF benefits muscle fibers during exercise Eff
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Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) on Muscles Activation during Cycling in Sedentary People
March 2024
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3792...ary_People
Conclusions: PEMF stimulation increased amplitude of muscle fibers activity, according to exercise intensity and muscle fibers recruited. During light physical effort, as warm-up and during moderate constant-load exercise, stimulation increased overall activity of muscle fibers. Results of the present research show a possible application of PEMF in physical activity, in order to enhance the amplitude of muscular activity, in response to physical effort. PEMF stimulation, could be employed to augment the amplitude of muscular activity during work-out sessions, to improve muscular response to moderate or light workload and increase the benefits of the training program. Also, the augmented basal tone observed in standstill sitting, in addition to the higher muscle activity observed during warm-up, suggest a possible application of PEMF on preparatory activity before training, in order to raise the magnitude of muscular activation. Further, PEMF stimulation could also be applied in support to older-age people or subjects with a breakable muscle-joint structure, in order to increase overall muscular response during light exercise. An increase in amplitude of muscular activity induced by stimulation, could improve rehabilitation after injuries or hospitalizations. PEMF could facilitate exercise in people with fragile muscles and joints (e.g., osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, post-surgery course), in order to boost the results of training session and encourage the adherence to physical activity programs.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first research investigating PEMF stimulation during moderate exercise, in healthy and young sedentary people. Based on the present results, stimulation could be used during a moderate exercise, as well as during light physical effort, in order to increase overall muscular response. Also, PEMF could be used during warm-up, in order to raise the amplitude of muscular responses, during the preparatory activity before training. PEMF could be used during physical activity for multiple purposes. It could be important to investigate PEMF treatment in patients and older adults, whose daily mobility and life quality are limited by an impairment in muscle power or joint movement. These people could have greater benefits from therapeutic strategies that increase their muscle activation, a valuable aim for forthcoming investigations.