EMG-Triggered Stimulation (ETS)

Sometimes the will alone is not enough to quickly achieve therapeutic success. ETS supports the patient's own physical efforts through electrical muscle stimulation.

EMG-triggered muscle stimulation produces very good results in a short time, especially in the case of severe disorders such as incontinence or after neurological damage (strokes).

The use of our ETS devices for EMG-triggered muscle therapy is painless and without side effects. 

What does ETS mean?

"ETS" stands for Electromyography Triggered Stimulation – or EMG-triggered simulation for short. Through EMG-triggered stimulation, a patient-initiated (self-stimulated) contraction of the muscles is intensified by the addition of threshold current impulses. Active and passive therapeutic approaches are therefore combined.

Why does EMG-triggered simulation (ETS) work?

The will to perform a movement alone increases the electrical activity in those muscle groups that you have tried to target. This also applies to partially deerated muscles. (Self-adhesive) skin electrodes or, if necessary, a vaginal or rectal probe are used to measure the muscle activity created by one's own efforts. If the device connected to the electrodes registers a sufficient increase in potential in the treated muscle, current is automatically triggered, which passively causes the muscle to contract.
The current intensity used for this is different for each user. It must be high enough to cause the muscle to contract, but must never become uncomfortable or even cause pain. However, current therapy also has therapeutically effective effects in the case of imperceptible impulse strengths.

In this way, starting from the will to move, this intended movement actually takes place. The successful execution is then reported back to the brain via the sensory organs. If you repeat this process often enough, there is a chance to relearn "forgotten" movements in order to be able to perform this movement independently on your own – without the help of the device.

This form of therapy is used particularly effectively in incontinence therapy (stress, urge and mixed incontinence, faecal incontinence) and in neurological rehabilitation, for example after strokes.