TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Output of electronic muscle stimulators: physical therapy and police models compared
JO  - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
A1  - Kroll, Mark W.
A1  - Perkins, Peter E.
A1  - Chiles, Bryan D.
A1  - Pratt, Hugh
A1  - Witte, Klaus K.
A1  - Luceri, Richard M.
A1  - Brave, Michael A.
A1  - Panescu, Dorin
SP  - 1264
EP  - 1268
VL  - 2021
IS  - 
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Both physical therapists and police officers use electrical muscle stimulation. The typical physical therapist unit is attached with adhesive patches while the police models use needle-based electrodes to penetrate clothing. There have been very few papers describing the outputs of these physical therapy EMS (electrical muscle stimulator) units. <br><br>METHODS: We purchased 6 TENS/EMS units at retail and tested them with loads of 500 Ω, 2 kΩ, and 10 kΩ. <br><br>RESULTS: For the typical impedance of 500 Ω, the EMS units delivered the most current followed by the electrical weapons; TENS units delivered the least current. At higher im-pedances (> 2 kΩ) the electrical weapons delivered more current than the EMS units, which is explained by the higher voltage-compliance of their circuits. Some multi channel EMS units deliver more calculated muscle stimula tion than the multi-channel weapons. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Present therapeutic electrical muscle stimula-tors can deliver more current than present law-enforcement muscle stimulators.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2375-7477
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630233
ID  - ref1
ER  -