Electronic Muscle Stimulation
Any sudden variation in the environment of sufficient intensity (stimulus) is able to induce a response in normo-excitable structures like nerve-muscle tissues. Electrical stimulation provides a method for the elective stimulation of muscle since the parameters can be perfectly controlled.
Electronic muscle stimulation, often referred to as EMS, is a form of therapy that is used to lessen muscle atrophy in patients who have suffered paralysis and to improve muscle function in patients who have muscle spasms or partial paralysis by keeping the injured area mobilized.
Electrical stimulation of muscles and nerves to improve recovery of function is successfully used in the following medical conditions:
- After injury to the joints or muscles
- Damage to the central or peripheral nervous system or in the case of muscle diseases
- Inactivity as a result of long lasting bed rest
The objective that can be observe by doing this project :
- To overcome the effects of a severe injury or illness
- To help patient with muscle weakness by improving the muscle tone
- To design a more portable and light-weighted design device
- To design the hardware, build and perform the electronic muscle stimulation
This project is very helpful to the patient that has not been able to do physical exercise. Electronic Muscle Stimulation will help them by send the electrical impulses to their muscle to contract and just like the patient is doing some exercise
