Neurotrac IFC Rehab

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab Stimulator

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab Interferential, TENS and NMS Device

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab - an innovative pain management and muscle stimulating device.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab is a novel hand held stimulator that incorporates Interferential therapy, conventional TENS therapy and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in a single device. NeuroTrac IFC Rehab facilitates pain alleviation and recovery by combining conventional High & Low frequency TENS & NMS with powerful IFC (Interferential Current).
The Grey left side of the NeuroTrac IFC Rehab houses the Interferential IFC and the Blue right side of the devices houses the TENS and the Muscle Stimulation (NMS).

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab costs £166.66 + VAT (£199.99)

*Neurotrac Rehab can be purchased VAT free for personal use by people suffering relevant chronic problems. VAT exemption declaration can be completed online in our Online Shop.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab background

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab will be available in early 2012.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab user manualThe 'All in One' stimulator, NeuroTrac IFC Rehab is capable of running powerful IFC current and conventional High & Low frequency TENS therapy at the same time. The NeuroTrac IFC Rehab gives you the power to maximise your pain relief treatment by combining the traditional TENS therapy with the powerful Interferential IFC current treatment.

Illustration of effective utilisation of NeuroTrac IFC Rehab in treating pain

1. Treat a joint pain (i.e. hip pain, elbow pain or knee pain) by applying the deep and powerful IFC current (housed on the Grey side of the stimulator) by attaching 4 skin electrodes across the treated joint.

2. Apply conventional high frequency TENS (housed on the Blue side of the stimulator) by placing electrodes on the back, across the meridians to trigger the pain relieving Pain Gate mechanism of TENS therapy action.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab is powerful pain controlling device with independent muscle stimulation capabilities. It is a device with 2 independent circuits which enable simultaneous combination of IFC with TENS / NMS stimulation for more powerful pain relieving therapeutic effects. As such, the NeuroTrac IFC Rehab combines interferential stimulator (IFC), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation machine (TENS) and neuromuscular electrical stimulator (NMS).

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab has 2 IFC channels and 2 TENS/NMS channels.

Each side of the NeuroTrac IFC Rehab (gray - IFC and blue - TENS/NMS) can operate 2 pairs of skin electrodes.

The channels are all isolated from each other and operate fully independently without any exchange of electrical currents.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab has 11 built in preset interferential programmes; 12 preset TENS programmes and 15 preset NMS programmes. There are also 2 IFC custom programmes, 2 NMS custom programmes and 1 TENS custom programmes for setting of personalised treatment programmes.

Each side of the NeuroTrac IFC Rehab (gray IFC and blue TENS/NMS) can be separately locked to prevent users from changing treatment parameters and to enable verification of the treatment by 'total time used' facility and amplitude statistics of average output.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab technical specifications

Channels: 2 channels for IFC; 2 channel for TENS/NMS
11 preset IFC programmes / 2 customisable IFC programmes
12 preset TENS / 1 customisable TENS programme
15 preset NMS programmes / 2 customisable NMS programmes
Output current: Constant current
Waveform: IFC - symmetrical square biphasic with 0 net DC; TENS/NMS - asymmetrical square biphasic with 0 net DC.
Power supply: 1.5 V AA batteries (non rechargeable or rechargeable)
Operating temperature: + 1- to + 30â° C; Humidity: 0 - 90%
Dimensions: 152 x 89 x 35 mm
Weight: 300 g
2 years warranty
CE mark Medical Device (CE0120)

Interferential (IFC) Stimulation Parameters

Carrier frequency: Fixed, 4000 Hz nominal
Adjustable frequency: 4001 - 4150 Hz
Interference frequency: 1 - 150 Hz, equal to the difference frequency between Carrier and Adjustable frequency determined by frequency setting.
Output configuration: quadra polar (2 electrodes)
Amplitude: 0 - 50 mA
Pulse width: 125 µS
11 preset IFC programmes / 2 customisable IFC programmes
Treatment time: 1 minute -12 hours (selectable)

TENS Stimulation Parameters

Amplitude: 0 - 80 mA
Pulse width: 50 - 300 µS (selectable)
Frequency: 2 - 200 Hz (selectable)
Modes: Continuous; Modulated - 6 second cycle of concurrent width modulation and pulse repetition rate modulation; width starting at 200 µS and decreasing exponentially to 100 µS in three seconds and then returning back to 200 µS in the next three seconds. Burst Modulated - bursts of 9 pulses (150 Hz @ 175 or 200 µS, repeating twice every second.
12 preset TENS / 1 customisable TENS programme
Treatment time: 1 minute - 12 hours selectable

NMS Stimulation Parameters

Amplitude: 0 - 90 mA
Pulse width: 50 - 450 µS (selectable)
Frequency: 2 - 100 Hz (selectable)
Ramp up: 0.3 - 9.9 seconds. Hz - selectable
Timing of stimulation: Synchronous or Alternating (selectable)
15 preset NMS programmes / 2 customisable NMS programmes
Treatment time: 1 minute - 1 hour 30 minutes (selectable)

Contraindications

Do not use NeuroTrac IFC Rehab if fitted with demand type cardiac pacemaker
Do not use over carotid sinuses (neck) region
Do not use over the head
Do not use over eyes
Do not use on undiagnosed pain or until aetiology has been established
Do not use where there is a tendency to haemorrhage following acute trauma or fracture
Do not use following recent surgical procedure when muscle contraction can disrupt healing process
Do not use over areas of skin with lack normal sensation
Do not use on cancer sufferers

Warnings

Always read User Manual prior to first use and keep the manual for future reference. If in any doubt, discuss your questions and issues with your physician or therapist before using.
Full list of contraindications, warnings and precautions is in the User Manual.
Skin electrodes are for single patients use only!
NeuroTrac IFC Rehab must be used with the guidance of a Clinician or a Therapist
The long term effects of continuous electrical stimulation are unknown.
Safety during pregnancy, labour and delivery has not been established for either mother or baby
NeuroTrac IFC Rehab is not effective on treating pain of central origin, including headache
NeuroTrac IFC Rehab in TENS or IFC mode provides symptomatic treatment and as such suppresses the sensation of pain, which would otherwise serve as a protective mechanism
Adequate precautions should be taken in the case of persons with suspected heart problems
Adequate precautions should be taken in the case of persons with suspected or diagnosed epilepsy

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab kit

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab will be available in early 2012. It will be supplied in a carry case and with all parts essential to its full operation, including detailed User Manual. We will release the complete list of all components supplied as a part of the kit as soon as the NeuroTrac IFC Rehab becomes available.

About Pain

Pain is the body's own way of informing us that something is wrong. It is important to feel pain, because without it, abnormal conditions may go undetected, leading to damage or injuries to vital or critical organs. In other words, pain is body's own warning system.

However, continuing long term chronic pain is not necessary apart of its importance for diagnosis. Pain is felt, when a coded signal travels to the brain, where it is decoded and analysed. The pain message travels from the injured area of the body along small nerves leading to the spinal cord. At spinal cord, the message is switched to a different nerve that takes the signal up the spinal cord to the appropriate area of the brain. Subsequently, the brain analyses the pain message and refers it back so that it is felt at the injury point.

About Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

TENS (transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation) is a non invasive and drug free way of controlling acute and chronic intractable pain as well as post surgical traumatic pain. TENS therapy can be used as a standalone therapy modality or as an adjunct to other therapy methods (i.e. physiotherapy, medication, etc.).

During TENS applications, mild electric impulses are transmitted through the skin via surface skin electrodes to modify the body's perception of pain. TENS works by inhibiting the transmission of pain signals along the small nerve fibres to the spinal cord. This inhibitory mode of action of TENS is known as the 'Pain Gate Theory'.

TENS therapy does not cure painful conditions. TENS therapy only helps to control pain perception. TENS therapy can be very effective in minimising the pain that is felt, but equally, TENS therapy does not work for everyone.

Physicians and therapists around the world recommend and prescribe TENS therapy extensively as it is in general an effective and safe therapeutic modality that works effectively for majority of users.

About Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMS)

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation is the elicitation of muscles contraction by application of electric impulses. The impulses are generated by a stimulator and delivered to the muscles via the skin electrodes placed on the surface of the skin in close or direct proximity to the stimulated muscles.

The electric impulses mimic the action normally originating in the central nervous system, causing the muscles to contract and relax repeatedly in a similar way as during motion or exercise. Electrical stimulation is therefore frequently used as a therapeutic intervention for muscle strengthening. Electrical stimulation can also be used to augment the strength of injured or traumatised muscles.

NMS is most frequently used on the muscles of the arms, shoulder griddle, leg muscles and low back. The most common impairments that respond well to NMS muscle strengthening are quadriceps weakness and lumbar paraspinal weakness.

About Interferential Stimulation (IFC)

Interferential stimulation is frequently referred as 'deep TENS'. Interferential stimulation is different from conventional TENS and NMS.
In TENS and NMS gentle electrical stimuli are delivered to the surface of the skin directly below the skin electrodes at low frequencies of 2 - 200 pulses per second.

In contrast to the TENS and NMS, interferential stimulation depends on the interaction (or interference) of two medium frequency electrical output channels that slightly differ in frequency. In such situation, the current produced by one channel interacts (or interferes) with the current of the other channel. This produces a resulting current - called the interference current - with a frequency equal to the difference between the 2 interacting channels. The frequencies of the interferential stimulation are much higher than those used in TENS and NMS and therefore, the interference currents are induced at deeper tissue level.

NeuroTrac IFC Rehab uses a fixed frequency of 4000 Hz and a preset or adjustable frequency in a range of 4001 - 4150 Hz. When the 2 frequencies mix inside the tissue, they interfere with each other, producing an interference frequency.

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