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Can EMS Slow Muscle Loss When Patients Cannot Exercise?
Scientists in Athens tested whether electrical muscle stimulation could slow muscle loss in critically ill patients who could not exercise. A randomised hospital study used ultrasound to measure the rectus femoris and vastus intermedius on day two and again one week later. Both groups lost muscle. The stimulation group lost less. Right thigh size fell about 8% and 12.5% with daily sessions, versus about 13.9% and 21.5% with usual care. Those gaps were significant. Published in Critical Care by a University of Athens team, the evidence is strongest for very sick, bed-bound patients, and it hints at benefit for others who cannot train. The full post has the settings, both-leg numbers, and limits.https://oriems.fit/blogs/research-digest/staying-strong-in-the-hospital-how-ems-helps-muscles-without-exercise
8 Oct 2026
Walking Or Exercise: Which Worked Better For Chronic Low Back Pain?
A team at the University of Bologna, with colleagues in Trento and the United States, pooled five fair tests of walking versus other exercise for chronic low back pain. The trials included 329 adults, average age about 43. Pain, disability, quality of life, and fear of movement improved in a similar way in both groups. The differences were small and not statistically significant at short, mid, and long follow-up. Adding walking to exercise did not clearly add a short-term gain. The paper is a peer-reviewed meta-analysis in Disability and Rehabilitation. The full post explains the doses, the scores, and what the numbers do not prove.
https://oriems.fit/blogs/research-digest/stay-strong-at-any-age-how-ems-can-help
8 Oct 2026
Can EMS Help Muscle Thickness Rise And Fat Thickness Fall?
Doctors in New York reviewed 20 studies on muscle stimulation, covering 521 people. Their 2022 paper ran in Dermatologic Surgery, published by Wolters Kluwer in the United States. Teams at Hofstra/Northwell and UnionDerm graded the proof. MRI, CT, and ultrasound measured the change. On the abdomen, muscle thickness rose about 15 to 21 percent. Fat thickness fell about 15 to 20 percent. Some of that change lasted one year. Postpartum women showed a smaller muscle gap. Arms and calves thickened too. The scans suggest this stimulation can help people seeking a firmer abdomen, arms, or calves. EMS may offer similar support, and other groups and goals may benefit too. The full post has every figure.https://oriems.fit/blogs/research-digest/ems-for-body-shaping-fat-loss-muscle-study
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