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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ...................................................1
GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY.........................2
INDICATIONS FOR USE .........................................4
SAFETY INFORMATION ...............................................517
PRECAUTIONARY INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................5
CONTRAINDICATION ..............................................................6
WARNINGS .................................................................... 610
CAUTIONS ...................................................................1114
ADVERSE REACTIONS ........................................................... 14
WHOE SHOULD USE THE COMPEX? ..............................................15
INTRODUCTION .......................................... 1617
HOW DOES ELECTROSTIMULATION WORK?........................................ 16
MOTOR NERVE STIMULATION (EMS)............................................... 16
BENEFITS OF ELECTROSTIMULATION ............................................17
DEVICE DESCRIPTION..................................... 1822
COMPEX SPORT ELITE ........................................................... 18
ACCESSORIES ................................................................... 19
PROGRAMS ..................................................................2021
MUSCLE STIMULATION TRAINING PROGRAMS ............................2021
ENDURANCE ........................................................... 20
RESISTANCE............................................................ 20
SPECIALIZED MUSCLE TRAINING PROGRAMS ................................ 21
TRAINING RECOVERY................................................... 21
PAIN RELIEF TENS ...................................................... 21
DEVICE SET UP ........................................... 2224
USAGE GUIDELINES ............................................................. 22
CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE MUSCLE WORK PROGRAM ........................ 22
PLANNING STIMULATION SESSION ..............................................22
ADJUSTING STIMULATION ENERGIES ............................................ 22
PROGRESSION IN THE LEVELS............................................... 22
ELECTRODE POSITIONS AND TIPS........................................... 23
CONNECTING THE CABLES TO THE STIMULATOR............................. 24