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EMG Work/Rest
The W/R phase consists of Work and Rest periods and repeated Trial times
(repetitions). During the Work period, the patient is prompted to contract
their muscle. During the Rest period, the patient is prompted to relax their
muscles. At the end of the work/rest sessions the EMG values display the
information on the LCD screen of the device. The device can also be linked to
a PC or laptop computer.
Relaxation test:
The ideal resting value when conducting work/rest sessions for improving
the Pelvic Floor Muscle is 4 μV (microvolt). The relaxing value is just as
important as the pelvic oor muscle contracting value. The resting time for
the pelvic oor muscle exercises should be at least 5 seconds and longer, if
the user is unable to contract their pelvic oor muscle above muscle strength
scale 1.
Rapid contractions:
The patient should perform 5 rapid contractions, note how quickly the bar
graph rises and falls. If the contractions and release times are slow, the user
will need to improve their fast twitch muscle bres by conducting quality
Pelvic oor muscle exercises at least once per day or more. If after a few
weeks there is no marked improvement, consider electrical stimulation using
a setting of 35Hz, 220µS Pulse Duration, for 20 -25 minutes per day.
Contract and hold:(Endurance Training)
The patient should contract the pelvic oor muscle for as long as possible, 5
seconds is reasonable, 10 seconds would indicate a strong muscle, any longer
would be excellent.
Work/rest session:
Two basic purposes for Work/Rest session:
1. Enhances Pelvic Floor Muscle exercises for both strengthening and relaxing
the muscles, and to ascertain if other forms of treatment are required.
2. Periodically perform Work/Rest session and note the results, especially the
data of the assessment program. This allows the patient or therapist to see
or analyse muscle improvements, which can be organised or used as a
valuable clinical report.
To run the assessment Work/Rest session:
1. The assessment program ideally should follow the settings: Work Time=5s,
Rest Time=5s, =5s, Threshold=30μV, ABOVE feedback sound, WIDE lter,
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Examples of EMG treatment
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