TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of acute low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on aerobic performance during a preseason training camp
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Tamulevicius, Nauris
AU - Wadhi, Tanuj
AU - Oviedo, Guillermo R.
AU - Anand, Ashmeet S.
AU - Tien, Jung Jung
AU - Houston, Fraser
AU - Vlahov, Eric
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the cross-country running team and the head coach Dror Vaknin for allowing this project to be possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/7/2
Y1 - 2021/7/2
N2 - Bio-electromagnetic-energy-regulation (BEMER) therapy is a technology using a lowfrequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) in a biorhythmic format. BEMER has been shown to optimize recovery and decrease fatigue by increasing blood flow in microvessels. Our aim was to determine its effects during preseason training in endurance athletes. A total of 14 male cross-country runners (19.07 ± 0.92 y.o.) were placed in either the intervention (PEMF; n = 8) or control (CON; n = 6) group using a covariate-based, constrained randomization. Participants completed six running sessions at altitudes ranging from 881.83 (±135.98 m) to 1027.0 (±223.44 m) above sea level. PEMF group used BEMER therapy before and after each training session, totaling 12 times. There were no significant changes in absolute or relative VO2Peak, ventilation or maximum respiration rate for either the PEMF or CON group (p > 0.05). There was a significant effect of time for absolute and relative ventilatory threshold (VT), and maximum heart rate, heart rate at VT and respiration rate at VT. This study was the first of its kind to study PEMF technology in combination with elevated preseason training. Results indicate some evidence for the use of PEMF therapy during short-term training camps to improve VT.
AB - Bio-electromagnetic-energy-regulation (BEMER) therapy is a technology using a lowfrequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) in a biorhythmic format. BEMER has been shown to optimize recovery and decrease fatigue by increasing blood flow in microvessels. Our aim was to determine its effects during preseason training in endurance athletes. A total of 14 male cross-country runners (19.07 ± 0.92 y.o.) were placed in either the intervention (PEMF; n = 8) or control (CON; n = 6) group using a covariate-based, constrained randomization. Participants completed six running sessions at altitudes ranging from 881.83 (±135.98 m) to 1027.0 (±223.44 m) above sea level. PEMF group used BEMER therapy before and after each training session, totaling 12 times. There were no significant changes in absolute or relative VO2Peak, ventilation or maximum respiration rate for either the PEMF or CON group (p > 0.05). There was a significant effect of time for absolute and relative ventilatory threshold (VT), and maximum heart rate, heart rate at VT and respiration rate at VT. This study was the first of its kind to study PEMF technology in combination with elevated preseason training. Results indicate some evidence for the use of PEMF therapy during short-term training camps to improve VT.
KW - Aerobic performance
KW - Low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic field therapy
KW - Runners
KW - Ventilatory threshold
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110427512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18147691
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18147691
M3 - Article
C2 - 34300141
AN - SCOPUS:85110427512
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 14
M1 - 7691
ER -
