EMG OPTION
Description
Components
Specifications
System Requirements
Description
EMG recordings are integral to the NeuroCom Postural Evoked Response test (PER), which analyzes the automatic responses of a patient's gastrocnemius and tibialis muscles to an unexpected external balance perturbation.
- Stimulus: Toes up, toes down platform rotations at 25°/second or 50°/second through 2°, 4°, or 8° arc are standard. Additional backward and forward horizontal platform translations are standard on the EquiTest and SMART EquiTest systems.
- Electrodes: Active Surface Electrodes with built in amplification eliminate cable artifacts and enhance signal quality.
- Display: Real time display for monitoring electrode placement and data collection.
- Data review: Individual trials can be accepted or rejected prior to calculation of the rectified average.
- Data analysis: Interactive cursor routine for labeling waveforms. Absolute latencies, response amplitudes and area under the curve are calculated accordingly.
- Hard copy printout: Results are immediately available for inclusion in medical records.
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Components
- Compact amplifier providing isolated power and band pass filtering
- Data acquisition and analysis software
- Active recording electrodes
- Lightweight belt-mounted interface box
- Flexible patient cable
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Specifications
- Optically isolated
- Channels: 4 standard/ 8 optional
- Bandpass: 10-500 Hz, 3dB down
- Gain: 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 40,000 (Nominal)
- A/D resolution: 12 bit, 1KHz
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Minimum System Requirements
The EMG Option is available on the following NeuroCom® Systems (version 8.0 and higher):
- EquiTest®
- SMART EquiTest®
- SMART Balance Master®
- PRO Balance Master®
Earlier versions of the above NeuroCom Systems may be upgraded to the current version to accommodate the EMG Option. For additional information regarding upgrading your existing NeuroCom® System, please contact us.
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