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6.3 Coordination mode
The coordination mode offers five different pro-
tocols that help improve the coordination skills.
This is the symbol for the coordination mode:
These are the protocols available in the coordi-
nation mode:
Maintain force, static
Maintain force, dynamic
Find angle, passive
Find angle, active
Free training
6.3.1 Information about
the "maintain force"
coordination protocols
The "maintain force" coordination protocols re-
quire the patient in regular intervals to maintain
a random force either in the direction of the
carriage movement or in the opposite direction
for 4 seconds.
The range from which the force is randomly
selected can be preset.
The ranges for minimum and maximum force
can be set separately for extension and flexion
movements.
The forces for extension and flexion can be set in
the following ranges:
0 kg to +30 kg or -30 kg to 0 kg.
Note
– Negative values (resistances) between
-30 kg and -1 kg mean that the patient is
required to pull to overcome the set resis-
tance, irrespective of the current direction
of motion.
– Positive values (resistances) between
+1 kg and +30 kg mean that the patient
is required to push to overcome the set
resistance, irrespective of the set direction
of motion.
– If no resistance is set, the carriage will
operate in the passive mode, moving in the
direction of extension or flexion.
– When you adjust the force range, the
minimum value is shown on the left of the
display and the maximum value is shown in
the right. The random values are selected
from this range only.
– It is not possible to define a range that
spans the value of 0 kg. The forces can be
set to values either greater than/equal to
0 or less than/equal to 0 in the respective
direction of motion.
– If the set maximum value of a range equals
the set minimum value, the patient always
has to exert this force; no random selection
will be made.
– The random force value is only selected
from the active range (see also: 5.3.2 )
and is only requested for the duration of
4 seconds. Outside this range, the move-
ment is always passive.
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