CATEGORY AGONIST / ANTAGONIST
PROGRAM ATROPHY / REINFORCEMENT
WHEN?
The alternate stimulation of the two antagonistic muscle groups has the advantage
of allowing the active mobilisation of a joint while inducing muscle work which is
beneficial to functional recuperation.
WHY?
To combine muscle work aimed at successively restoring the two types of muscle fibres
(disuse atrophy, then reinforcement) to give mobility across the full range of movement
of the joint. This type of use is particularly interesting for combating adhesion.
HOW?
There are four dierent programmes:
- Atrophy 1/1 and Reinforcement 1/1.
These programmes produce identical length contractions for the agonist and the
antagonist.
- Atrophy 2/1 and Reinforcement 2/1.
These programmes produce contractions for the agonist which are twice as long as
for the antagonist.
PULSE WIDTH
To make it as comfortable as possible for the patient, use pulse widths equivalent to the
chronaxies of the motor nerves of the abdominal and lumbar muscles. The mi-SCAN
function can be used to determine the pulse widths suitable for the patient’s muscles.
ELECTRODES
Electrodes positioned depending on the muscle to be stimulated, in accordance with
the instructions.
INTENSITY
The stimulation energies must be adjusted successively for each muscle group to obtain
joint mobility in the desired range.
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OPTION
No.
NOTE
For 2-channel configuration, channels 1 and 2 alternate.
Take care to properly position channel 1 on the agonist and channel 2 on the
antagonist.
For 4-channel configuration, channels 1+2 alternate with channels 3+4.
Take care to properly position channels 1 and 2 on the agonist and channels 3 and 4 on
the antagonist.
13.2.2 AGONIST / ANTAGONIST
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