Use Principles; Placement Of Electrodes - Compex sport elite Manual De Usuario

ith pain relief programmes, elec-
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trostimulation can be used to treat
localized sharp or chronic pains as
well as muscular pains.
Benefits of electrostimulation
Electrostimulation is a very effective way to make
your muscles work:
with significant improvement of different mus-
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cular qualities,
without cardio-vascular or mental fatigue,
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with limited stress on the joints and tendons.
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Electrostimulation thus allows a greater quantity
of work by the muscles compared with voluntary
activity.
To be effective, this work must involve the grea-
test possible number of muscular fibres. The num-
ber of fibres working depends on the stimulation
energy. It will therefore be necessary to use the
V. USE PRINCIPLES
he use principles presented in this section should be considered general
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rules. For all programmes, it is recommended that you read carefully the infor-
mation and advice on use presented in chapter VI of this manual ("Pro-
grammes and specific applications").

1. Placement of electrodes

It is recommended that you comply
with the suggested placements. To do
this, refer to the pictures and pictograms
shown on the poster and to the "Table with
placements of electrodes and stimulation
positions" in chapter VII.
stimulation cable consists of two
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poles:
a positive pole (+) = red connection
a negative pole (–) = black connection
different electrode must be connec-
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ted to each of the two poles.
ote: It is possible and normal to have
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an electrode arrangement that leads
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Warning: do not use the pain relief
programmes for a long period
without medical advice.
maximum tolerable energy. The user controls this
aspect of stimulation. The higher the stimulation
energy, the greater the number of muscular fi-
bres that are working and, therefore, the more
significant the progress achieved.
To maximize your results, Compex recommends
that you complement your electrostimulation ses-
sions with other efforts, like:
regular exercise,
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proper and healthy nutrition,
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balanced lifestyle.
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one electrode connection free from a
cable.
epending on the characteristics of
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the current used for each programme,
the electrode connected to the posi-
tive pole (red connection) is more
effective when placed in a "strategic"
position.
or all muscle electrostimulation pro-
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grammes, i.e., programmes involving
muscle contractions, it is important to
place the positive polarity electrode
on the muscle motor point.
he choice of electrodes size (large
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or small) and the correct positioning
of the electrodes on the muscular
group to be stimulated are determi-
nant and essential factors for the
effectiveness of the stimulation.