Chattanooga VitalStim Plus Kurzanleitung Seite 11

VitalStim® Plus Electrotherapy System
6) sEMG Session
To begin sEMG session press START/PAUSE button . Session data
will be collected (indicated by sEMG value displayed in red and
session time counter) . Once STOP button is pressed a Treatment
Summary screen will be displayed showing session data
captured .
7) Swallow Trials monitors and displays the number of successful
swallows a patient has performed . Press the Swallow Trials
button . Select the desired number of successful swallows during
treatment .
Select the desired Hold time which is the time required for patient
to hold above the threshold to score a successful trial .
The sEMG Trace View Screen will display, Contract , Hold and
Relax prompts, trial the patient is currently performing as well as
achievement towards target .
NOTE: Once the Swallow Trials modality has been started, the
following sEMG options will not be available: Swallow Trials, sEMG
Channel Selection .
Once the number of trials has been successfully achieved, the
treatment will end showing Flashing reward message (After 5
seconds display will change to Treatment summary screen) .
NOTE: A successful swallow trial is when the patient starts below the
set sEMG target value, exceeds the set sEMG target, holds it for set
Hold time, and then drops below the set sEMG target value for at
least 1 second .
8) sEMG Session
When treatment has completed, the Treatment Summary
screen will appear with the following option: .
- Save Summary - the data will be saved to the SD card (If
inserted)
sEMG+VMS
1) Insert leadwire connectors for Channel 1 (CH1), Channel 2 (CH2)
and the white reference lead wire into the top of the device .
2) After electrodes are placed on the patient, select the sEMG
+ VMS button from the home screen to access the sEMG
treatment .
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3) Press the prescribed channel icon to activate or deactivate
sEMG Ch2 (sEMG Ch1 as a triggering channel has to be active) .
Select the Customize icon .
The following options are available under the Customize
Treatment screen
• Volume
• Target ,adjustable only for Channel 1
• Capture (or Adjust) target
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