Studies have confirmed the effectiveness and safety of Electro Muscular Stimulation (also known as Electromyostimulation) training in preventing and treating age-related muscle loss. The findings include a positive impact on muscle mass, strength, function, and overall fitness.

A randomised controlled study in 2016 found that, over a period of 16 weeks, three 20 minute sessions of EMS every two weeks had the same impact on muscle strength in middle-aged men as two hour-long high-intensity resistance exercise sessions per week. Click here to read more.

Kemmler et al. (2018) concluded that whole body electromyostimulation (WB_EMS) “is particularly effective for addressing muscle mass in untrained people independently of their age, sex, and muscle status. Further, there is considerable evidence for a significant favourable effect of WB-EMS on low back pain” Click here to read more.

Moritani (2021) found that EMS activates large fast-twitch muscle fibres and that this could have benefit for the prevention and treatment of diabetes and chronic diseases associated with muscle atrophy (wastage). Click here to read more.

In 2010, a study of 30 active post-menopausal women found that those who added a weekly 20 minute session of EMS training to their normal training programme decreased waist size and increased strength compared to the control group who did not do EMS. Click here to read more.

There have been several studies on the impact of EMS on lower back pain. One study, conducted over six months in 2020, concluded that a weekly 20 minute EMS session was as effective as the gold standard multimodal treatment of daily therapies for four weeks. Click here to read more.