Structural effects of whole body electromyostimulation on knee osteoarthritis: the EMSOAT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) might be an alternative option to conventional strength training for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Our aim was to compare structural changes of knee OA between patients treated with WB-EMS and a control group (CG) treated with a standard of care approach.

Material and methods

Seventy-two overweight participants with symptomatic knee OA were assigned to either WB-EMS or CG. MRIs were acquired at baseline and 7 months using a 3 T system. MRIs were read according to the MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score (MOAKS) instrument. Between-group differences in regard to change in cartilage, bone marrow lesions (BMLs), osteophytes, meniscus damage and extrusion, and markers of inflammation were analyzed using Fisher's Exact and Wi

SUBMITTER: Roemer FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460362 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature