CATEGORY PAIN RELIEF II
PROGRAM ARTHRALGIA
WHEN?
Various factors such as obesity, age, trauma, poor posture, etc. are detrimental to the
joints.
These detrimental factors may cause the joints to deteriorate and to become inflamed
and painful.
WHY?
To relieve acute and chronic joint pain.
HOW?
The principle is to cause a significant influx of tactile sensitivity in order to restrict the
entry of pain impulses upon their return to the posterior horn of the spinal cord. For
this programme, the frequency is modulated (50-150 Hz) to avoid habituation.
PULSE WIDTH
This programme uses very short duration impulses (50 µs) suitable for the higher level
of excitability of the sensitive Aβ fibres.
ELECTRODES
The electrodes are usually placed in such a way as to cover or surround the painful area.
INTENSITY
The intensity must be increased gradually until the patient feels a tingling sensation
that is pronounced without being painful. The mi-TENS function prevents any
kind of muscle contraction. If the sensor detects a muscle response, the stimulator
automatically reduces the stimulation energy in order to stop the muscle response.
+TENS
OPTION
No.
ARTHRALGIA
FREQUENCY PULSE WIDTH MODULATION TIME TREATMENT TIME
50-150 Hz 50 s 2 s 20 min
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