Ageing manifests primarily through the loss of muscle mass and strength, which affects mobility, independence and metabolic health. The research in this category examines how targeted muscle stimulation can slow this process and maintain functional fitness into later life.

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Active ageing & longevity

Research addressing sarcopenia, the prevention of muscle mass loss, functional fitness and healthy ageing.

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Alternative Exercise Technologies to Fight against Sarcopenia at Old Age: A Series of Studies and Review

Wolfgang Kemmler, Simon von Stengel

WB-EMSsarcopeniaactive ageinglongevity
02

Whole-Body Electromyostimulation to Fight Osteopenia in Elderly Females: The Randomized Controlled Training and Electrostimulation Trial (TEST-III)

Simon von Stengel, Michael Bebenek, Klaus Engelke, Wolfgang Kemmler

WB-EMSosteopeniabone mineral densityosteoporosis
03

Impact of whole-body electromyostimulation on body composition in elderly women at risk for sarcopenia: the Training and ElectroStimulation Trial (TEST-III)

Wolfgang Kemmler, Michael Bebenek, Klaus Engelke, Simon von Stengel

WB-EMSwhole-body electromyostimulationsarcopeniamuscle mass
04

Sarcopenic obesity and complex interventions with nutrition and exercise in community-dwelling older persons – a narrative review

Sabine Goisser, Wolfgang Kemmler, Simone Porzel, Dorothee Volkert, Cornel Christian Sieber, Leo Cornelius Bollheimer, Ellen Freiberger

sarcopenic obesitysarcopeniaactive ageinglongevity
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Whole-body electromyostimulation and protein supplementation favorably affect sarcopenic obesity in community-dwelling older men at risk: the randomized controlled FranSO study

Wolfgang Kemmler Anja Weissenfels Marc Teschler Sebastian Willert Michael Bebenek Mahdieh Shojaa Matthias Kohl Ellen Freiberger Cornel Sieber Simon von Stengel

WB-EMSsarcopeniasarcopenic obesitymuscle mass
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Impact of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Older Women with Sarcopenic Obesity: The Randomized Controlled FORMOsA-Sarcopenic Obesity Study

Katharina Wittmann Wolfgang Kemmler Simon von Stengel Cornel Sieber Matthias Kohl Ellen Freiberger Franz Jakob Michael Lell

WB-EMSmetabolic syndromecardiometabolic healthblood pressure
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