Empi Continuum - Indications for Use

2 Continuum User’s Manual
Empi Continuum Features (continued)
•Adjustable Ramp Up and Ramp Down time controls
•Dual channel stimulation
•Balanced asymmetrical and symmetrical waveforms
•An accessory output channel allowing use of a remote hand or foot
switch for gait training
Indications for Use
As an NMES device, indications are for the following conditions:
•Retarding or preventing disuse atrophy
•Maintaining or increasing range of motion
•Re-educating muscles
•Relaxation of muscle spasms
•Increasing local blood circulation
•Prevention of venous thrombosis of the calf muscles immediately after
surgery
As a TENS device, indications are for the following conditions:
•Symptomatic relief and management of chronic, intractable pain
•Adjunctive treatment for post-surgical and post-trauma acute pain
•Relief of pain associated with arthritis
As a Pulsed Current device, indications are for the following conditions:
•Reduction of edema (under negative electrode)
•Reduction of muscle spasm
•Influencing local blood circulation (under negative electrode)
•Retardation or prevention of disuse atrophy
•Facilitation of voluntary motor function
•Maintenance of increase of range of motion
As a functional electrical stimulation (FES) device, the indications for the
following condition:
•Stimulation of the leg and ankle muscles of partially paralyzed patients
to provide flexation of the foot, thus improving the patient’s gait
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