Introduction - Acticare TSE User Manual

Your Handheld Electrotherapy System
Acticare IC is a fully portable Electrotherapy
System that provides multiple treatment
modalities and a fully programmable
advanced user mode.
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Acticare IC is unique in that it delivers the
power output of a professional desktop
electrotherapy machine in a battery powered
device that you can carry in your pocket.
This is achieved using a revolutionary method
of digital waveform synthesis that is far more
efficient than traditional designs.
Standard electrotherapy modalities
incorporated in Acticare IC are:
Interferential Current (IC),
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (TENS),
High Frequency TENS (HFT),
Transcutaneous Spinal Electroanalgesia
(TSE).
In addition, the waveform is quickly
programmed via Acticare's menu system to
provide additional TENS frequencies and the
following modalities:
Acupuncture-like TENS (AL-TENS) down
to 1Hz,
Neuromuscular stimulation (NMES),
Transcutaneous Pulsed Radio-frequency
(PRF) therapy up to 0.5MHz.

Introduction

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About "TSE"
Transcutaneous Spinal Electroanalgesia (TSE)
is a relatively recent innovation in chronic pain
relief, discovered in 1991 by Drs Alex
Macdonald and Tim Coates in Bristol, England.
TSE was inspired by Dorsal Column
Stimulation and has the benefit that no
surgical procedure is required to implant the
electrodes.
TSE uses medium frequency, high voltage
pulses of very short duration - typically less
than 4 millionths of a second (4µs) - applied
to the spinal cord. These pulses modify pain
processing in the central nervous system.
TSE operates at relatively high levels of
current compared to TENS, delivering similar
power to Interferential devices. However, TSE
generates very little peripheral nerve
excitation because of the very short duration
of the pulses.
For more information about TSE visit
www.acticare.com.
This manual will instruct you in the use of
Acticare IC. It also contains important
information that you should read thoroughly
before using your device. Acticare IC is a
powerful machine and we recommend that
it is used under the guidance of a clinician
experienced in electrotherapy techniques.
Acticare IC should only be used to treat
conditions that have been diagnosed by a
clinician.