Influence of electromyostimulation training with voluntary muscle contractions on basal metabolic rate of sedentary women

Purpose of our study is to investigation of effect of electromyostimulation training with voluntary muscle contractions (EMS) on basal metabolic rate (BMR) in sedentary women. EMS training that was took 6 weeks (25 minutes/day, 3 day/week) was implemented on sedentary women volunteers (n = 10) via EMS training device (Miha Bodytec, Augsburg, Germany). The EMS electrodes placed to 16 region on whole body. 80 Hz stimulation frequency was used all training units. After general warm-up, it was applied in the EMS training that included weight lifting with 4 seconds stimulation/4 seconds non-stimulation in first 10 minutes, and step-aerobic exercises with constant stimulation in second 10 minutes, and active cooling exercises with 1 second stimulation/1 second non-stimulation in last 5 minutes. Bioelectrical impedance analyzer (Tanita BC418MA) was used for determination of BMR. Measurements were practiced at one day before and after of 6-week EMS training program. Paired samples t-test was used for analysis of preand post-tests. After EMS training program increment was found in BMR (pre-test: 1375.20 ± 228.33 kcal; post-test: 1392.20 ± 239.91 kcal), however there is no significance (p > 0.05). As a result, it could be said that as a technologic method in exercise science, the EMS training with voluntary muscle contractions may not be affect basal metabolic rate of sedentary women.