CONTENTS
Page
Contents
1
Electronic Muscle Stirmulation
2
Indicators
and
Controls
3
Preparation
for Use 4-5
Instructions
for Use 6-9
Care
and
Maintenance 10-11
Applications
12
Skin
Care
and
Conductivity
13
Notes
14
Precautions
15
Contraindications
15
Troubleshooting
16
Technical
Specifications
17
ELECTRONIC
MUSCLE
STIMULATION
(EMS)
EMS is the
process
of
using
very weak electrical impulses
to
contract
and
relax muscles.
It
produces
"passive"
exercise
by
sending electrical impulses
or
signals
to the
selected
muscle
or
muscle groups
to
contract
and
relax them.
In
"active"
exercise
the
signals
are
sent
by the
brain.
It is not
new;
it
has
been used
for
hundreds
of
years. However, modern
scientific
developments
in
such specialized
EMS
medical research centers
as the
Rehabilitation
Engineering Section
of
Rancho
Los
Amigos
Hospital near
Los
Angeles have produced improved wave forms (the technical shape
and
cycles
of the
electrical impulses), increased controls
of
rise time, duration
of
contractions,
fall
time,
and
rest
time,
comfotable
tolerance
of
higher
intensity
by
improving types
of
electrodes,
and
versatility
in the
designing
of a
therapy
program
to
meet
the
individual
needs
and
select
the
specific muscles
of
each
patient.
EMS is
known
by
other names.
"Neuromuscular
Stimulation" (NMS)
is a
term becoming popular
in
some circles
of the
United States.
"Electronic
Muscle
Exercise"
(EME)
is
widely used outside
of the
United States. Many other terms
in EMS are
fading
from
use
because
of
mis-use
or
obsolescence,
such
as
"faradic"
and
"galvanic".
They
are
still
used,
but
primarily
by
manufacturers
of
devices
for
the
European market,
and
some older models
of EME
devices which
are not
legally allowed
into
the
United States
for
distribution.
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