Compex Vitality - Manual (Page 14)

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below are sufficient for you to
understand the general rules.
6a 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
background.
6b Remaining time in minutes and seconds.
6c The animated rising convection symbol
represented the warming-up sequence.
6d Session progression scale. For details on how
it works, see the following section (“Program
progression”).
6e By pressing the “On/Off” key, you can return
to the previous screen.
Program progression
S timulation does really start when the
stimulation energy has been increased.
The screens that are displayed during
stimulation allow you to observe the
progression of the session. These
screens may differ from one program
to another. The examples reproduced
6a
7a
7d
7e
7b
7f
8a
8d
8b
8f
7c
8c
6b
6c
6e
6d
8e
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 6
6. During the stimulation session
Setting stimulation energy
W hen the program starts, the Compex
prompts you to increase the stimula-
tion energy, a key factor for the effec-
tiveness of the stimulation.
7a-8a Remaining time (in minutes and
seconds) before the end of the program.
7b-8b A small animated symbol indicating
category to which the program belongs.
7c-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
moves horizontally and indicates precisely the
state of progression of the program (here:
start of the first sequence, i.e., the work
sequence).
7d-8d Contraction and active rest time bar:
This bar is displayed at the right of the pro-
gression scale, but only during the work
sequence. It indicates the duration of the
contraction and active rest times.
7d The cursor is located under the black (left)
part of the bar: you are in a muscular contrac-
tion phase.
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