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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 614345" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>I don't know about in Europe but in the US, electrical muscle stimulators are not allowed to be sold as weight loss aids for the simple reason testing has not been able to show that they are effective.</p><p> </p><p>Heres one trial that measured calorie usage</p><p> They used 30 mins stimulation. They applied it for 10 min at three different levels;</p><p>1) just perceiving stimulation,</p><p> 2) where it could be seen </p><p>3) maximum tolerated</p><p>The average calorie use (ie at rest ) was 65.43 calories an hour,</p><p> level 1 :<strong>68.3cal/h,</strong> </p><p>level 2: <strong>71.8cal/h</strong></p><p> level 3 : <strong>76.14cal/h</strong> .</p><p> </p><p> The respiratory exchange rate increased a little from 79 at base to 83 at the strongest level. That indicates that fat was primarily being used for fuel; just as it is with people when they aren't exercising) so they might use a little more fat during the period.</p><p> </p><p> However, just compare 76cal an hour with walking even at even the slowest rate (say 2mph) which will use 200+ calories. And most people couldn't tolerate the higher level of stimulation for an hour either.</p><p> </p><p>Another trial used higher strengths but had some drop outs because they couldn't tolerate the stimulation. Those that could and used the device for 29 hours over a period of 6 weeks had a slight but statistically significant increase in quadriceps strength and could walk a bit faster on a treadmill but there was no decrease in BMI</p><p> </p><p> Personally, I think that You'd be better off with the pilates bands and a pilates video but that would mean being a bit more active!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 614345, member: 12578"] I don't know about in Europe but in the US, electrical muscle stimulators are not allowed to be sold as weight loss aids for the simple reason testing has not been able to show that they are effective. Heres one trial that measured calorie usage They used 30 mins stimulation. They applied it for 10 min at three different levels; 1) just perceiving stimulation, 2) where it could be seen 3) maximum tolerated The average calorie use (ie at rest ) was 65.43 calories an hour, level 1 :[B]68.3cal/h,[/B] level 2: [B]71.8cal/h[/B] level 3 : [B]76.14cal/h[/B] . The respiratory exchange rate increased a little from 79 at base to 83 at the strongest level. That indicates that fat was primarily being used for fuel; just as it is with people when they aren't exercising) so they might use a little more fat during the period. However, just compare 76cal an hour with walking even at even the slowest rate (say 2mph) which will use 200+ calories. And most people couldn't tolerate the higher level of stimulation for an hour either. Another trial used higher strengths but had some drop outs because they couldn't tolerate the stimulation. Those that could and used the device for 29 hours over a period of 6 weeks had a slight but statistically significant increase in quadriceps strength and could walk a bit faster on a treadmill but there was no decrease in BMI Personally, I think that You'd be better off with the pilates bands and a pilates video but that would mean being a bit more active! [/QUOTE]
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