Electronic Muscle Stimulation
At RunningMechanics.com, we have extensive experience in using Electronic Muscle Stimulators for sports performance, recovery and rehabilitation. In fact, we use such technology on a daily basis, whether it is for strengthening muscles, managing muscle tone, speeding up tissue recovery or managing pain. Athletes, coaches and fitness-minded individuals can all benefit from the proper use of electronic muscle stimulation. New muscle stimulation technology from companies such as Compex and Globus provide a multitude of pre-set programs that can address your needs.
Listed below are various electronic muscle stimulators available in North America with a broad range of prices and features. If you have any questions regarding these products, please contact us to help make an informed choice. We can also provide you with support on protocols to use for your specific circumstances.
Compex Electronic Muscle Stimulators
Compex is a Swiss brand that has built up unparalleled expertise over a period of twenty years in the areas of physiotherapy, pain treatment and sports training. Over the years, Compex’s flagship electrostimulation technology has become an essential ally to health care professionals and the most demanding athletes. Compex develops cutting-edge technologies based on its dual roots – Swiss quality and medical stringency – with effective, reliable and easy to use products.
For more information on Compex company information and products, you can visit their international site or their US site.
Compex Sport Electronic Muscle Stimulator
Compex Sport is designed for the serious athletes in support of their normal training regimes. The Compex Sport has five levels of progression and four channels for complete body training sessions. The six programs include Resistance, Endurance, Strength, Explosive Strength, Potentiation and Active Recovery. Thus, the Compex Sport can serve as your personal coach, massage therapist and rehabilitation specialist.
This type of electrical impulse muscle stimulation equipment has been used successfully in physical medicine for many years. Compex produces professional, top quality, muscle contraction training equipment. The included CD-ROM based Training Planner details each stage of the work out and helps to create a truly individualized training program. Whether you are a track and field athlete, basketball player, football player, cyclist or recreational runner, Compex Sport fits the athlete and fits their sport!
Compex Fitness Electronic Muscle Stimulator
The Compex Fitness electronic muscle stimulator is designed for is for individuals interested in building muscles, toning and shaping to improve general physical fitness. The Compex Fitness Trainer includes two training programs and one special program. Electronic muscle stimulation is effective for muscle and fitness training and well as muscle rehabilitation.
The Endurance program helps you cope with long-duration aerobic activities and increases muscle resistance to fatigue by building slow-twitch muscle fibers. The Resistance program provides an all-around program for endurance and strength, building both slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers. Finally, the Active Recovery program facilitates relaxation of muscles and reduces muscle soreness and stiffness following competition or demanding workouts.
This type of electrical impulse muscle stimulation equipment has been used successfully in physical medicine for many years. Compex produces professional, top quality, muscle contraction training equipment. The included CD-ROM based Training Planner details each stage of the work out and helps to create a truly individualized training program.
Compex Replacement Set of Electrode Wires and Replacement Electrodes
Also available are Compex brand accessories such as extra lead wires and replacement sticky pads, in both small and large sizes.
Globus Electronic Muscle Stimulators
All Globus Premium Sport programs have been conceived by Globus’s own research center, which includes Strength and Conditioning Coaches, Trainers and Sport-Medicine physicians around the world. The Globus electro-stimulators have been created by an Olympic champion, and are widely used by professional athletes for their characteristics of power, reliability and effectiveness which set them apart.
GLOBUS, an European leader in the Electronic Muscle Stimulation market for 20 over years, is now introducing its products to North America. Globus products are FDA certified.
Globus Premium Sport Electronic Muscle Stimulator
The PREMIUM SPORT programs enhance Maximum Strength, Explosive Strength, Resistance and Reactivity of elite athletes. By stimulating the specific muscles needed for different sports, the Globus Premium Sport can supplement the training of every athlete. Sport programs include:
- Maximum Strength
- Resistance Strength
- Explosive Strength
- Reactivity
- Aerobic Resistance
- Active Recovery
- Preparation (similar to Potentiation)
- Basic Training
The PREMIUM SPORT has ten distinct libraries specifically conceived for the following sports: Football, Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Running, tennis, Cycling, Golf, Sprinting, Cross-Country skiing and Downhill skiing. The training libraries include Conditioning and Maintenance programs. The Conditioning programs help athletes reach peak condition. During competitive periods athletes will then switch to the Maintenance programs to maintain the peak condition without unnecessary fatigue.
Globus Premium Fitness Electronic Muscle Stimulator
The Globus Premium Fitness model includes fitness programs developed by coaches and personal trainers to improve your physical shape through electro-stimulation: balancing your strength, developing your resistance, preparing for exercise, recovering from exercise, as well as recoving from muscular fatigue.
PREMIUM FITNESS with its jogging, basic training, aerobic resistance, active recovery and preparation programs, help develop your physique, and charge you full of energy. Total programs include:
- Aerobic Resistance
- Active Recovery
- Preparation (similar to Potentiation)
- Basic Training
The Globus PREMIUM FITNESS will take care of your wellness and will help eliminate daily fatigue and stress.
Globus Replacement Set of Electrode Wires and Replacement Electrodes
Also available are Globus brand accessories such as extra lead wires and replacement sticky pads, in both small and large sizes.
Other Electronic Muscle Stimulators and Accessories
LG TENS EMS COMBO Unit - Stimulator for Muscle and Nerve
Portable Dual Combination TENS EMS Unit w/ 8 Electrodes and AC Adapter
Trio*Stim Muscle Stimulator
Ultra Digital Muscle Stimulator System - Charger and Two 9 Volt Rechargeable Nickel Cadmium Batteries
Medical Products Online Professional Four Channel Digital TENS Unit & Muscle Stimulator System
Electrode Pads (Pack of 32 Pads New & Sealed) Reuseable Self-adhesive Fits Electronic Muscle Stimulators and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators
Books on Electronic Muscle Stimulation, Electrotherapy and Electrophysiology
Clinical Electrophysiology - by Andrew J Robinson and Lynn Snyder-Mackler
Organized by therapeutic goals, the Third Edition of this comprehensive textbook on electrotherapies provides a fundamental understanding of contemporary, evidence-based intervention and assessment procedures. The text takes a problem-oriented approach and recommends interventions consistent with both theory and the clinical efficacy of the intervention for specific, clearly identified clinical disorders. This edition has a new chapter on electrical stimulation and biofeedback for genitourinary dysfunction, including incontinence management in both women and men. All the intervention-based chapters have a new format that emphasizes evidence-based practice and practical application. Additional self-study questions are included in each chapter. NEW TO THIS EDITION: New chapter on Electrical Stimulation and Biofeedback for Genitourinary Dysfunction (Chapter 9) includes topics such as incontinence management in both women and men, and gives solid evidence to support or refute specific procedures. New organization- Chapter on mechanisms of pain transmission and pain control with electrotherapy will be moved up to chapter 4 to make the first four chapters the theoretical basis for the clinical application chapters that follow. Chapter on electrophysiologic evaluation will become the last chapter (chapter 12) in order to enable students to meet core educational competencies. New chapter format for the intervention chapters (chapters 5-11) adds consistency and clarity to emphasize evidenced-based practice and practical application. Additional self-study questions are included in each chapter to enhance understanding of key concepts. New emphasis on evidence-based preferential practice patterns.
Electrotherapy: evidence-based practice - by Tim Watson
This popular textbook comprehensively covers the use of electrotherapy in clinical practice and includes the theory which underpins that practice. Over recent years the range of therapeutic agents involved and the scope for their use have greatly increased and the new edition includes and evaluates the latest evidence and most recent developments in this fast-growing field.
Tim Watson brings years of clinical, research and teaching experience to the new edition, with a host of new contributors, all leaders in their specialty.
- Evidence, evidence, evidence!
- Contributions from field leaders
- New clinical reasoning model to inform decision making
- All chapters completely revised
- New layout, breaking up what is sometimes a difficult subject into manageable chunks
- Part of the Physiotherapy Essentials series - core textbooks for both students and lecturers
- Online image bank now available! Log on to http://evolve.elsevier.com/Watson/electrotherapy and type in your unique pincode for access to over 170 downloadable images
Electrotherapy Explained: Principles and Practice - by Val Robertson, Alex Ward, John Low, Ann Reed
Electrotherapy Explained is an excellent research-based exploration of the major types of electrophysical agents used in clinical practice, particularly human and also animal. For the fourth edition, two new authors join the writing team, presenting the latest information for today’s clinicians. The text has been completely updated with a major rewrite of the material, particularly that on electrical stimulation. This book continues to focus on evidence: clinical and biophysical evidence that affects how and which electrotherapies may be of use clinically and when. The inclusion of biophysics as well as clinical evidence and principles of application, enables clinicians to move away from traditional ‘recipe-based’ approaches and rely more on their own clinical reasoning. The focus remains on humans but the relevance of the principles for using and applying different modalities is explained clearly, providing guidelines for clinicians across disciplines and specialties.
- Up to date research detailing the evidence both supportive and deprecatory for the use of each modality
- Written by experts from biophysics and the clinical domains
- Comprehensive and well referenced
- Clear and well chosen illustrations elucidate the text
- Text boxes and summary sections help to break down what is sometimes a complex subject into manageable and memorable chunks
- Contraindications and risks have been updated in light of the most recent research
- Three books for the price of one - the CD-ROM contains the entire texts of ‘Physical Principles Explained’ by Low and Reed, and ‘Biophysical Bases of Electrotherapy’ by Ward. The text directs readers to the CD for further reading at relevant points
