Locating the motor point with the Wireless Professional:
e.g.: locating the motor point of the vastus medialis of the quadriceps
1. Apply a large electrode at the top of the thigh (the muscle belly).
2. Connect the negative pod of the module (pod without illuminated button) to the snap pin of the large
electrode located towards the inner surface of the thigh.
3. Spread a thin but even layer of conductive gel over the inner surface of the thigh in the position
indicated for the positive electrode position (the motor point area), spreading the gel a few extra
centimetres in all directions.
4. Connect the positive pod of the module (pod with illuminated button) to the snap connection of the
motorpoint pen and bring the tip of the pen in contact with the conductive gel.
5. Switch on the remote control, select the Motor point programme (program category: Rehabilitation),
then switch on the module and start the programme.
6. Very gradually increase the energy of channel 1, until a value between 5 and 25 is reached, while
continuously moving the pen tip over the gel layer, but without ever losing contact with the gel, to
avoid triggering an electrode fault message.
7. As soon as you observe a muscle response in form of twitching, you have located the vastus medialis
motor point. Visually locate this motor point and apply a small electrode that should be centred over the
motor point.
8. Remove the pen from the positive pod and connect the positive pod to the small electrode, which
should be correctly centred over the motor point of the vastus medialis.
Warning!
Patient hazard - patient contamination
Before each use of the Motor Point Pen, clean and disinfect the pen, expecially the tip that
comes into contact with the patients skin.
Note
While using the pen, it might lose contact with the skin coated in gel (even if this is just for a fraction
of a second). In this case, the stimulation will be interrupted and the equipment will signal an
electrode fault. In such a case, ignore the message, put the tip of the pen back in contact with the
skin and gradually increase the energy while moving the pen over the gel layer.
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