Example of electrodes placement
over the THIGHS
Wave: ALTERNATED
The four phases of the
electro stimulation
The muscular electro-stimulation, as
well as the voluntary contraction,
must foresee an ACTIVATION phase
(stimulation), followed by a REST
phase (pause). The REST phase is
very important for the muscle; in fact
during the contraction, the capillary
circulation comes necessarily
hindered and, if the muscle stays in
contraction for a long time, without a
congruous phase of rest, it may cause
the so-called “ischemia,” that is to say a
limitation of the local blood circulation,
very harmful for any human tissues.
The blood capillary flow, hindered
during the contraction, but facilitated
during the rest, constitutes the main
feeding way for muscles; the muscles,
particularly, draw some of all the
elements for the production of energy
(oxygen, proteins and varied
enzymes).
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