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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

Wolfgang KemmlerInstitute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Simon von StengelInstitute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Pages 1353-1364 | Published online: 07 Oct 2013

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Wolfgang Kemmler, Simon von Stengel, Matthias Kohl, Nicolas Rohleder, Thomas Bertsch, Cornel C Sieber, Ellen Freiberger & Robert Kob. (2020) Safety of a Combined WB-EMS and High-Protein Diet Intervention in Sarcopenic Obese Elderly Men. Clinical Interventions in Aging 15, pages 953-967.
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Anja Weissenfels, Marc Teschler, Sebastian Willert, Michael Hettchen, Michael Fröhlich, Heinz Kleinöder, Matthias Kohl, Simon von Stengel & Wolfgang Kemmler. (2018) Effects of whole-body electromyostimulation on chronic nonspecific low back pain in adults: a randomized controlled study. Journal of Pain Research 11, pages 1949-1957.
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Katharina Wittmann, Cornel Sieber, Simon von Stengel, Matthias Kohl, Ellen Freiberger, Franz Jakob, Michael Lell, Klaus Engelke & Wolfgang Kemmler. (2016) Impact of whole body electromyostimulation on cardiometabolic risk factors in older women with sarcopenic obesity: the randomized controlled FORMOsA-sarcopenic obesity study. Clinical Interventions in Aging 11, pages 1697-1706.
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Sabine Goisser, Wolfgang Kemmler, Simone Porzel, Dorothee Volkert, Cornel Christian Sieber, Leo Cornelius Bollheimer & Ellen Freiberger. (2015) Sarcopenic obesity and complex interventions with nutrition and exercise in community-dwelling older persons – a narrative review. Clinical Interventions in Aging 10, pages 1267-1282.
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