Getting To Know Your Machine; What Is Digital Ems/Tens And What Can It Do; Digital Ems/Tens - Sanitas SEM 43 Instructions For Use Manual

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Tabe of Contents
1. Getting to know your machine .................................................................. 16
1.1 What is Digital EMS/TENS and what can it do?..................................... 16
1.2 Scope of supply ..................................................................................... 17
2. Important Information ................................................................................ 17
3. Current parameters .................................................................................... 19
3.1 Pulse shape ............................................................................................ 19
3.2 Pulse frequency ...................................................................................... 19
3.3 Pulse width ............................................................................................. 19
3.4 Pulse intensity ........................................................................................ 19
3.5 Cycle-controlled pulse parameter variation ........................................... 19
4. Unit description .......................................................................................... 20
5. Start-up ....................................................................................................... 20
6. Programme overview ................................................................................. 21
6.1 Basic information ................................................................................... 21
6.2 Information on placing the electrodes ................................................... 21
6.3 TENS program table ............................................................................... 22
6.4 EMS program table ................................................................................ 22
6.5 MASSAGE program table ...................................................................... 23
7. Application .................................................................................................. 23
7.1 Advice on application ............................................................................. 23
7.2 Procedure for programs TENS 1-7, EMS 1-27 and
MASSAGE 1-10 (quick start) ................................................................ 23
7.3 Setting individual parameters ................................................................. 24
7.4 Changes to the settings ......................................................................... 25
7.5 Doctor's Function ................................................................................... 25
8. Cleaning and storage ................................................................................. 26
9. Disposal ....................................................................................................... 26
10. Problems and solutions ............................................................................. 26
11. Technical details ......................................................................................... 27
Please read these instructions for use carefully and keep them for later use, be
sure to make them accessible to other users and observe the information they
contain.

1. Getting to know your machine

1.1 What is Digital EMS/TENS and what can it do?

Digital EMS/TENS belongs to the group of electrical stimulation systems. It has
three basic functions, which can be used in combination:
1. Electrical stimulation of nerve tracts (TENS).
2. Electrical stimulation of muscle tissue (EMS).
3. A massage effect generated by electrical signals.
For this, the device has two independent stimulation channels and four self-ad-
hesive electrodes. It has various versatile functions in order to increase general
wellbeing, alleviate pain, maintain physical fitness, relaxation, revitalise muscles
and combat fatigue. You can either select these functions from preset program-
mes or determine them yourself according to your requirements.
The operating principle of electrical stimulation equipment is based on simulat-
ing the body's own pulses which are transmitted transcutaneously to nerve or
muscle fibres by means of electrodes. The electrodes can thereby be attached
to many parts of the body, whereby the electrical stimuli are safe and practically
painless. You merely feel a gentle prickling or vibrating in some applications.
The electrical pulses transmitted to the tissue affect the trans mission of stimula-
tion in nerve conductions as well as neural nodes and muscle groups in the field
of application.
The effect of electrical stimulation is generally only recognisable after regularly
repeated application. Electrical stimulation does not replace regular exercising of
the muscle, but is able to reasonably supplement the effect thereof.
TENS, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, means electrical stimu-
lation of nerves through the skin. TENS is recognised as a clinically proven,
effective, non-medication method of treating pain from certain causes. It is
free from side-effects when used properly, and can also thereby be used as a
simple means of self-treatment. The pain-alleviating or suppressing effect is
also achieved by preventing pain from being passed on into nerve fibres (above
all through high-frequency pulses) and increasing the secretion of the body's
own endorphines which reduce awareness of pain through their effect on the
central nervous system. The method is scientifically underpinned and medically
approved.
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