Compex mi-FITNESS Manuel D'utilisation page 58

Setting stimulation energies
hen the program starts and, if
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necessary, after the m—3 test, the
Compex prompts you to increase the
stimulation energies, a key factor for
the effectiveness of the stimulation.
To find out what energy level needs
to be reached for each program,
refer to the program table in the
applications menu.
7d
7b
7c
7e
7a
Fig. 7
7a The Compex "bleeps" and the symbols of the
four channels flash, changing from "+" to "000": the
four channels are at 0 energy. You must increase
the stimulation energy so that the stimulation can
start. To do this, press the "+" of the keys of the
relevant channels, until the desired setting is
reached.
If you want to increase the energy level of all four
channels simultaneously, press the "i" button,
located below the "On/Off" key. You can also increase
the energy level of three first channels, by pressing
the "i" button twice, or the energy level of two
first channels only, by pressing three times this
button.
Once you activate the "i" button, the associated
channels are highlighted in white on a black back-
ground.
7b Remaining time in minutes and seconds.
7c The animated rising convection symbol repre-
sented the warming-up sequence.
7d Session progression scale. For details on how
it works, see the following section ("program
progression").
7e By pressing the "On/Off" key, you can return to
the previous screen.
The small symbol is displayed
for the relevant channel, if the
m—4
cable is connected.
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Program progression
timulation does really start when the
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stimulation energy has been increased.
The examples reproduced below are
sufficient to understand the general
rules.
8a
8c 8d
8b
8f
8e
Fig. 8
8a Remaining time (in minutes and seconds)
before the end of the program.
8b A small animated symbol indicating the cate-
gory to which the program belongs.
8c Session progression scale:
The progression scale is composed of three
distinct parts: the program consists of three
stimulation sequences, i.e., warming up (light
hatching /left), the actual work (black area/centre)
and relaxation at the end of the program (heavier
hatching/right). The progression scale can be also
entirely hatched: the program then consists of a
single stimulation sequence. The small cursor
located just below the scale indicates precisely
the state of progression of the program.
8d Contraction and active rest time bar: This bar
is displayed, but only during the work sequence. It
indicates the duration of the contraction (black
part) and active rest times (hatched part).
8e Bar charts:
The muscular contraction phase is represented
by the black bar charts. The active rest phase is
represented by the hatched bar charts.
8f You can interrupt the program momentarily
( STOP = "PAUSE") by pressing the "On/Off" key. To
restart the session, simply press the "+"/"–" key
of channel 4. After an interruption, stimulation
restarts at 80% of the stimulation energy set
before the "STOP".
The stimulation energy during the
active rest phase is automatically set
at 50% of the stimulation energy during
the muscular contraction.
Contraction info
or programs provoking muscular
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contraction, the contraction info
screen allows you to visualise in real
time the number of contractions
completed and the length of time
spent in contraction. To access this
information, press the "i" key and
hold it down during the program.
9a
9b
Fig. 9
9a Total contraction time
9b Number of contractions
Skip function
or some programs, the skip function
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allows you to end the current sequence
and move on automatically to the
following sequence of the program.
o access the skip function, you must
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first of all put the stimulator into the
"Pause" mode.
10b
10a 10c
Fig. 10
10a Press the "+" / "–" key of channel 3 (skip
function represented by the symbol).
10b If you skip a sequence, the stimulator
bleeps loudly and the cursor located under the
progression scale moves to the beginning of the
next sequence.
10c To start the sequence of the program you
just reached, press the "+" / "–" key of channel 4.
The skip function is not available for
all programs.
The skip function, which allows you to
shorten the time of one or more sequence(s)
of the program being used, entails the risk
of decreasing the efficiency of the program,
particularly if the work sequence has been
significantly shortened.
Statistics
our stimulator includes a statistics
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menu that allows you to view in real
time the important information for a
program. To access the statistics
screen, you must put the stimulator
into the "Pause" mode or wait for the
end of the program.
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11a
11d
Fig. 11
11c
11d
Fig. 11
11a The mention "MAX" indicates by channel the
maximum energy level reached during the
contraction phases.
11b The mention "AVG" indicates the average
energy level on all the channels used during the
contraction phases.
11c The m— 6 function, represented by a
bracket, indicates the percentage of the stimula-
tion time in the ideal energy adjustment range.
11d After viewing this screen, press the "+" / "–"
key of channel 4 to resume the program where
you interrupted it.
Depending on the programs, the dis-
played information may differ. In
some cases, it may also happen that no in-
formation is displayed.
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