health and fitness: 'Damaging' electrical fitness workouts should be regulated, say doctors

mercredi 30 mars 2016

'Damaging' electrical fitness workouts should be regulated, say doctors

Experts warn that increasingly popular trend for whole body electrical stimulation is based on limited scientific evidence

An increasingly popular fitness trend that involves stimulating muscles throughout the body using an electric current could cause damage and should be regulated, doctors have warned.

Whole body electrical stimulation (ES) involves the individual wearing a padded suit with electrodes that send impulses to the body to make muscles contract.