THE ELECTROSTIMULATION

CATALOGUE

CEFAR and COMPEX, the two leading benchmark brands in the electrostimulation market, are today combining their energies and pooling their expertise to offer you the very best in this technology. Long employed by professionals in the medical world, this technology has now been made available to a wider public. The range of applications for Cefar and Compex stimulators is vast: physical training, recovery, keeping fit between seasons, restarting an activity, pain relief or simply regaining fitness. CefarCompex has produced this clear, easy-to-read catalogue to provide you with more information about this effective and safe technology and to present the devices in its new range.

Background p4-7 Profile p8-11 Life stimulation p12-15 User experiences p16-17 The range p18-22 Accessories p23 Programmes p24-27 Shopping p28-29 Zoom in on p30-31

CefarCompex, a union to stimulate the imagination. MI and EASY TOUCH technologies Paul; 38 years old; 42,195 km.

Daily grind, daily workout 24 hrs in the life of an active woman Electrostimulation works for us! Sport, Fitness, Health The entire CefarCompex range! Accessories but must haves! All the functions in a nutshell.

Loads of ideas for keeping fit!

Everything you need to know about electrostimulation.

Contents

THE EVENT

CefarCompex a union to stimulate the

David Truffer

imagination too.
Lotta Hart

Research & Development Director

Compex

My mission is to create a simple, practical product using the most up-to-date technology available to meet the needs of various categories of users. Safety, quality and effectiveness are our fundamental values. I would add innovation to the list, a key factor to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of our field. Our teams of engineers are passionate about the technique at times, somewhat puzzling to an outside observer and we have long been convinced of the effectiveness of electrostimulation. But this conviction alone is not enough. We do our utmost to simplify and optimize the technique.

Physiotherapist and Head of "Rehabilitation" Products

Cefar

I specialize in rehabilitation and the treatment of pain, working very closely with the R&D Department where I use my medical knowledge to advantage. This can range from developing a medical device that meets the highly specific needs of physiotherapists working as part of a medical team, or a stimulator to address the expectations of people involved in sporting activities. For an athlete, there is a very fine line between improving performance and physical health: sore muscles, sprains, twists, pulls, tendinitis... That's why numerous champions use our products.

The union of the CEFAR and COMPEX brands is an incredible asset for our company's future.
Our muscle intelligence technology took us just over 2 years to develop, but thanks to this revolution, electrostimulation is now near perfect, offering an entirely personalized solution to each and every one of us. We continually investigate the needs of therapists and sportsmen and women. The international scope of CefarCompex has allowed us to establish a network of expertise that is unrivalled throughout the world.

CEFAR and COMPEX join forces to make advances in electrotherapy.

CEFAR and COMPEX have been at the leading edge of development in electrotherapy in Europe for many years. But now, instead of competing with each other, we are joining forces to continually improve this discipline.

With the MI-ACTION function, the MI-SENSOR optimizes the effectiveness of your session by letting you combine voluntary contractions and electrostimulated contractions at your own pace. You are totally in control of your training. With the MI-TENS function, the MI-SENSOR makes it easy to adjust the stimulation energies to be used for pain management

Be ready ! Prepare for this revolutionary technology with new COMPEX MI-READY To allow as many of you as possible to have access to this technology, we have pre-fitted COMPEX PERFORMANCE and COMPEX ENERGY stimulators with certain muscle intelligence options.

A muscle revolution poised to become the technological market benchmark!

Did you say MI?

programmes. The adjustment takes place instantly and automatically, simplifying the procedure for the user and guaranteeing optimal results. With the MI-RANGE function, the MI-SENSOR

In the following pages you will see that certain stimulators have the prefix MI. MI stands for muscle intelligence. This unique technology takes account of the specificities of each of our muscles and offers stimulation tailored to their characteristics. Your training will be automatically personalized and so perfectly adapted to your physiology. A muscle revolution poised to become the technological market benchmark!

Thanks to the MI-SENSOR miniature sensor a new world of precision and effectiveness is opened up in your workout sessions! With the MI-SCAN function, the MI-SENSOR senses the selected muscle group and automatically adjusts the stimulators settings to the excitability of this area of the body, depending on your own physiology. It is a truly personalized measurement.

indicates the optimum stimulation energy adjustment range (minimum and maximum) to keep to for programmes such as recovery or massage. The stimulation session is simple and effective. COMPEX MI-SPORT and COMPEX MI-FITNESS stimulators include all of the muscle intelligence functions.

The benefit? This allows you to modify your device by buying the MI-SENSOR to work in parallel as an accessory: either now or later; you choose! If not connected to the MI-SENSOR, the stimulator works conventionally.

CEFAR EASY TOUCH GUARANTEED PROGRESS!

Adjusting the intensity is a fundamental criterion for an effective session. But even experienced users can be unsure as to the exact intensity adjustment needed.

Conscious of this, CEFAR engineers and physiotherapists have focused their research on this area and developed the EASY TOUCH function. A function that can take account of the average sensory and motor thresholds of muscles and guarantee effective sessions thanks to a gradual and automatic increase in stimulation intensity.

The benefit? Your sessions are automatically effective. The maximum intensity level is reached gradually without taking you by surprise.
CEFAR MYO XT, CEFAR ACTIV XT, CEFAR MYO X2 and CEFAR ACTIV X2 stimulators are fitted with the CEFAR EASY TOUCH function.

PROFILE

TRAINING
How I trained for "my" New York Marathon
Paul is 38. Hes been running for 10 years. However, New York was still to be achieved. Paul explains how he prepared for this legendary event. schedule over 9 weeks. In the first two weeks, I mostly worked on my speed in track sessions, five days a week doing interval training: 800m flat out followed by 400m jogging. Ten times in a row! One of these 5 sessions lasted over 3 hours to prepare my body for hitting that marathon wall. I used two methods as support: a cardiograph to check my blood pressure during the 400m recovery time and my Compex which has a recovery function for after each major run. On another occasion I used my stimulator: when I felt a weakness in my ankle, I didn't want to take any risks, and so replaced one training session with an hour of muscle training using my Compex.

THE BIGGEST MARATHON IN THE WORLD HAS TO BE TRAINED FOR!

"The New York Marathon is a must. I've already run 9 marathons and 2 Marathons des Sables (Sand Marathons), but whenever anyone said, "What about New York?", I had to say "No". So I decided to do it with my club. If you want to enter on your own its a real obstacle course and ends up as a lottery because there are so many wanting to do it. Two million spectators lining the route and over 315 million television viewers across the world! That is frankly impressive. I aimed to do it in 3 hours. I devised my own training

PROFILE

Over the next four weeks, I worked on

endurance with longer, slower sessions, still on the track. During this phase, I also made myself do a cross-country run of over 3 hours, still with the aim of getting me through the legendary wall. This precaution proved to be worthwhile because on D-day the weak spell only lasted 4 or 5 minutes and then my body took over and took off again! And then theres sleep. You need a lot of sleep, but after intensive training late in the day its not easy to drift off. As I was working at the same time, I didnt have much choice. The most difficult thing is to plan everything so that on the day you are at the top of your form. Coming back to my self-designed training, the last three weeks I simply jogged three or four times a week to maintain my fitness. I felt good and often wanted to cut loose, but the most important thing in this pre-race phase is to revive, to regain your strength Its almost resting. This was when I most appreciated the Oxygenation and Massage functions of my Compex. I felt as light as a feather! I also used

it regularly, five times a week, to strengthen my muscles without getting tired. And thats great! At last, the big day arrived. A beautiful autumn sun shone on the Verrazano Bridge where the race starts. And after the traditional American National Anthem, the starting gun was fired at 10.10 am. There were about 40,000 of us ready for the dash! Coming out of Brooklyn and in Central Park it was absolutely crazy. Never since have I experienced such an atmosphere. A short run through the Bronx where I really felt at my peak. Back into Manhattan. And the last few kilometres in Central Park to the applause of a crowd as amazing as in the most famous mountain stages. I finished in 3 hours 12 minutes. But the most important preparation for a marathon is in your head! For five months I had been putting stickers of the New York Marathon in my bathroom, my office, my car and even over my bed! I thought about it all the time. I can tell you that when you become totally absorbed in an upcoming race, you get there, even if it's hard.

If you want to run, run one kilometre. If you want to change your life, run a marathon!

RUNNING TRAINING PLAN

Example training programme for a long-distance event

D1 Rest D2 1 x Endurance D3

COMPEX MI-SPORT
COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY

- Voluntary training: warm-up 20, then 1-2 series of 6 x [30 fast / 30 slow] - Slow jogging 10 at the end of the session, then 1 x Capillarization

D4 1 x Endurance D5 Rest D6 Loose jogging 60, then 1 x Endurance D7

Long run 1hr 30 (moderate pace), then 1 x Capillarization

Duration of the cycle: 8 weeks 3 x/semaine. Exemple pour 1 semaine. Remarques : Dure du cycle : 8 semaines, 10 11

LIFE STIMULATION

Listening to my body and the signals it sends me, thats a priority health act!
The body and mind are linked, and even if you have only a little time to devote to them, it's important to do so.
"I discovered electrostimulation by using COMPEX VITALITY. It was my mum who introduced it to me. She is super active. At 63, she takes table tennis classes, swims, walks in the mountains and still cuts all the hedges in her garden! She uses COMPEX VITALITY to ease her lower back pain and recover from any effort. When she said to me that its now that you lay the foundations for your health in later life, I wanted to try! Since then, my COMPEX VITALITY has been part of my daily life.

Florence, 40, Marketing Manager and mother of 2

My working life is fairly intense and doesnt leave me time to do enough sport! When you spend 1 or 2 days a week sitting in meetings with your legs crossed, your circulation really starts to suffer. My COMPEX VITALITY eases that feeling of heaviness in the legs and seems to have real prevention capabilities. Simple to use and precise, 2 x 15 minute sessions on vascular programmes (for discomfort in the legs, lymphatic drainage) really do me good!

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LIFE STIMULATION

Electrostimulation is a simple and natural solution for taking care of my body

And as for back pain Ive got 2 children, and its not easy to hold one in your right arm and the other in the left! I often used to really feel it in my back in the evenings! The COMPEX VITALITY analgesic programmes are wonderful for making you feel instantly better and are extremely easy to set up. My husband also discovered how effective my device can be when he experienced sudden back pain in the garden! After just a few sessions he was back on his feet! When it comes to sport, I try hard to play tennis regularly with my girlfriends, I swim during the holidays, but its not enough. I know full well that if I dont work on it regularly my muscle tone melts away like snow in the sun. But theres no question of sacrificing my health under the pretext that my life is so full, with a stimulating job and a house to keep running. Ive found the solution: Ive put together a realistic programme of two twenty minute sessions a week. My priority is abdominals and arms (Im slightly weak in these areas). Twenty minutes, easy to squeeze in by getting up just a little earlier in the morning, allows me to maintain my muscle tone. And thats essential for my morale!

CEFAR EASY

Ideal for easing back pain.

COMPEX VITALITY

And since Ive been using it regularly, I feel at ease in my body and much better in my head

With its vascular and pain relief features, COMPEX VITALITY makes a real difference to your well being.

If you respect your body, you gain self respect.

I work on prevention, by eating a healthy balanced diet, even an organic diet, with plenty of fruit and vegetables. In short, I make sure we have a healthy lifestyle: myself and the whole family, and electrostimulation fits perfectly with this approach. I took to my COMPEX VITALITY right from the start, I want to keep fit and full of energy. My COMPEX helps me, gently, but effectively! "And since I've been using it regularly and as recommended, I feel more at ease in my body and much better in my head." 15

Electrostimulation effectively treats lower back pain.

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USER EXPERIENCES

MATTEO Cycling, yes. Cramp, no!

I cycle every Sunday with friends: at least 100km whatever the weather. I really need this exercise to clear my head and keep my body in shape. To prevent stiffness, I use my CEFAR MYO XT. Its ergonomic, easy to use and very effective for preventing cramp and recovering faster after my rides.

JOHN Long live golf and vitality!

Since I've been retired, I play golf twice a week and run every Sunday morning: not a lot, but very regularly. A great way of staying in shape! But if I stop for a week or two, I suffer for it when I start up again. To ease the pain, I've got a gadget, a feel-good partner to look after me: my COMPEX VITALITY.

CEFAR MYO XT

COMPEX VITALITY

TIM No triathlon without Compex

I love running, I love technology and I love everything that works perfectly (my muscles and machines alike!) I also like to measure myself against others and constantly push myself that little bit further. I make a note of all my times and adjust my training processes based on this: no need to tell you that I like precision. In the COMPEX MI-SPORT, Ive found the hi-tech, high level aid I was looking for.

EVA Im hooked on fitness!

Like a lot of women, I would like to have a perfect body, but am not prepared to put in a huge amount of effort! As a Mother's Day present I got a CEFAR ACTIV X2: outside the gym, it's the simplest solution I've found for keeping my figure.

COMPEX MI-SPORT

CEFAR ACTIV X2

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THE RANGE

SPORT

SPORTS PRODUCTS: TO IMPROVE, GAIN POWER AND RECOVER

COMPEX MI-SPORT
You do everything you can to push yourself that little bit further in your sporting performance. Because you are a rigorous competitor and because you like technology, you have chosen COMPEX MI-SPORT, the "must have"

technology for high level sportsmen and women. With this essential electrostimulation equipment, athletes benefit from made-to-measure personalized training. Each session provides optimal effectiveness and targeted work thanks to muscle intelligence technology. A proven success with sports enthusiasts, the stimulator covers an athletes full range of needs in terms of preparation, not forgetting pain management.

COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY

Training and physical effort are compatible with pleasure as long as you prepare yourself properly. COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY helps you to be ready before exertion and to feel good afterwards! For all you leisure cyclists and for a great performance at the next tennis club tournament! COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY has a whole range of programmes to help you discover the effectiveness of electrostimulation. The product can be upgraded to a pre-installed MI-READY technology. The MI-SCAN function is activated as soon as you connect the MI-SENSOR. By scanning your muscle and detecting its work reactivity thresholds, it guarantees effective, safe sessions. COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY is always there for you, for quality participation in sporting activities combining physical effort with pleasure.

CEFAR MYO XT
For a clean bill of health, respect for your body and to maintain fitness, nothing replaces physical activity whenever time permits. CEFAR MYO XT is the ideal aid for working your muscles and body at the end of the working day. It can do everything: sport, fitness and well being. The CEFAR EASY TOUCHTM function provides an automatic, and therefore correct, adjustment of the stimulation intensity. Used alongside regular exercise, this stimulator meets the essential needs of the sports enthusiast with effectiveness and simplicity. CEFAR MYO XT is ergonomic and therefore very easy to use.

COMPEX PERFORMANCE MI-READY

You choose COMPEX PERFORMANCE MI-READY because it's a complete stimulator offering a wide range of programmes. It meets all your sports requirements, from preparation, to competing and recovery, not forgetting rest stage management and forced stoppages. Because its an upgradeable product, ready to take the MI-SENSOR, you can use the MI-SCAN, MI-TENS and MI-RANGE functions to perform more precise, personalized and targeted work during your sessions. COMPEX PERFORMANCE MI-READY is there to help sports enthusiasts who enjoy intensive, regular physical exertion.

CEFAR MYO X2
CEFAR MYO X2 is the perfect stimulator for the sportsman or woman just starting out with electrostimulation and helps prevent possible injuries. If you cant imagine spending a whole weekend without moving, running or putting on your skates, youll find in CEFAR MYO X2 a product featuring great qualities at a very accessible price. Ideal for taking the first steps in a rewarding physical activity.

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THE RANGE

FITNESS

FITNESS PRODUCTS: TO KEEP YOUR MUSCLES AND FIGURE IN GOOD SHAPE

CEFAR ACTIV XT COMPEX MI-FITNESS

Not everyone can afford a personal trainer. But a lot of people dream of having one! Fitness training and muscle building require serious work if you want visible results. Solid, toned muscle is only achieved with perseverance and precise work. Now, electrostimulation can help you achieve your objectives: hook up with COMPEX MI-FITNESS and benefit from the best hi-tech electronics for the body. An absolute must" which, thanks to muscle intelligence technology, lets you benefit from made-to-measure, personalized training for accurately targeted work sessions with optimum effectiveness. Very fitness orientated, but also with pain relief and vascular programmes, COMPEX MI-FITNESS is your very own trainer, always there to help you achieve your most ambitious targets. Take the stairs instead of the lift, do more sport, go to the gym more often good intentions are not always enough to manage your fitness. And yet, look at the benefits you reap from regular exercise!

With CEFAR ACTIV XT, its so easy to stay in shape! Very simple to use, it monitors your training sessions using the training planner and guides you in the correct adjustment of your work intensity (CEFAR EASY TOUCHTM function). CEFAR ACTIV XT is there to support your efforts (Easy Training) and help you keep your resolutions.

CEFAR ACTIV X2
Because we havent always got the time or the inclination, because life throws up other priorities, we sometimes forget our body and it soon begins to show! If youve had enough of struggling to walk up three flights of stairs, if you can no longer bear the fact that your thighs are wobbly, if you feel you lack firmness and tone, this electrostimulator for general body maintenance will help you. Specially designed to help tone muscles and improve the figure, it will discreetly, but "powerfully", help you get back in shape. Let CEFAR ACTIV X2 look after your figure and your well being. Let it happen!

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THE RANGE

HEALTH

ACCESSORIES

All our accessories

Wired stimtrode electrodes
Economic: For personalized use in around thirty session. Versatile: Suitable for all types of programmes and treatments. Comprehensive: A wide range of designs and sizes available to suit all requirements.

HEALTH PRODUCTS: FOR YOUR WELLBEING

Electrodes
snap high-performance electrodes
Comfortable: Optimal restitution of electrical power for more intense sessions, to guarantee greater effectiveness. Reusable: Extended life cycle (varies depending on skin type and conditions of use). Practical: Easy, rapid connection of electrodes and cables via a press-on system: even on the back! Adaptable: Can be used on all types of stimulator.

COMPEX VITALITY
You are active, people envy you, and everyone says you dont look your age! You simply don't feel the weight of the years, or even think of cutting down on your activities: table tennis, tennis, golf, walking, cycling, swimming And you dont have to "pay" for this energetic lifestyle with painful stiffness and have to spend time recovering! COMPEX VITALITY is designed to help you prepare your body better, before exertion, and to recover better after exertion. Its the ultimate companion for well being and pain relief for active, more mature people.

CefarCompex gel
Makes contact between skin and electrode easier Improves comfort and stimulation effectiveness Recommended for dry or very hairy skin Compatible with all electrode types For electrostimulation only

CEFAR EASY
Today, electrostimulation can ease many types of pain naturally and with lasting results. For backache (lower back or neck pain) and other minor ailments, CEFAR EASY is THE long lasting solution for pain relief. Incredibly simple, light and compact, CEFAR EASY can be used by everyone and can be set up in a few seconds.

CEFAR ABDO BELT

This belt is for universal use, it makes electrostimulation in the abdominal area easier to manage and can be directly adapted for use with all stimulators. Support and comfort Correct positioning of electrodes Very discreet, lets you move about easily Especially recommended with CEFAR EASY

Guarantees
CEFAR COMPEX devices have a 2 year guarantee devices have a 2 year guarantee + 1 year free if you register at www.compex.info

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PROGRAMME TABLES

COMPEX MI-SPORT

COMPEX PERFORMANCE

COMPEX ENERGY

CEFAR MYO XT

CEFAR MYO X2

COMPEX MI-FITNESS

CEFAR ACTIV XT

CEFAR ACTIV X2

COMPEX VITALITY

CEFAR EASY

THE RANGE
SPORT
Short/long warm up Endurance Strength / Maximal strength Active recovery Recovery plus Recovery Stretching Hypertrophy / Body building Fartlek Resistance Explosive strength Plyometry Progressive strength Potentiation Core stabilization Regeneration Low back reinforcement Ankle twist prevention I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

FITNESS
Aerobic Muscle building Muscle starter Anaerobic Hypertonic / Muscle definition Step Power I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I SPORT I I I FITNESS I I I I I HEALTH 25 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

PAIN
Sophisticated TENS / Pain management TENS / TENS Contracture Endorphinic / Chronic pain / TENS relax Thoracic back pain Epicondylitis Low back pain Lumbosciatica Lumbago Cervical pain Arthralgia Torticollis I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

VASCULAR
Capillarization / Oxygenation Lymphatic drainage Drainage Heavy legs Cramp prevention

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COMPEX MI-SPORT

COMPEX PERFORMANCE

COMPEX ENERGY

CEFAR MYO XT

CEFAR MYO X2

COMPEX MI-FITNESS

CEFAR ACTIV XT

CEFAR ACTIV X2

COMPEX VITALITY

CEFAR EASY

THE RANGE
AESTHETIC
Adipostress Shaping / Body sculpting Muscle firming Calorilysis Muscle tone / Body toning Elasticity Body shape Buttocks Abs I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

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CROSS-TRAINING
Cross-endurance Combined workout Cross-resistance Cross-explosivity I I I I I I I I I I I I I

MASSAGE
Massage Reviving massage / Energy massage Undulated massage 1 Toning massage Anti-stress massage Relaxing massage Undulated massage 2 Neck/Shoulder massage Lower back massage I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Website Website I I I I I Website Website I I I I Website Website I I CD-Rom CD-Rom I I I SPORT I I I I Website I I I I I I I CD-Rom I I I FITNESS I HEALTH I I I I 27 I I I Website I I I I

REHABILITATION
Disuse atrophy Muscle growth Reinforcement

TEST
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CARACTERISTICS
MI-SENSOR MI-SCAN MI-ACTION MI-TENS MI-RANGE CEFAR EASY TOUCH CEFAR EASY TRAINING EASY SNAP / CLIP Electrodes Quick start guide Training planner Backlit screen Motor point pen Battery Fast charger Disposable battery

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DOMYOS roll-up mat: a light roll-up mat suitable for any floor exercise at home.

An innovative design and technical advances for the TRIBORD X-Base goggles.

CEFAR MYO XT

COMPEX ENERGY MI-READY Men's Waterfeel ARENA Buffle swimming trunks for the ultimate feeling in water. TRIBORD beach towel, 100% cotton, 160 x 100 cm, 1 velour side and 1 terry side.

TIV XT CEFAR AC

Galactik Lady 2 GO s: SPORT rollerblade for smooth movement and . good ankle support

ARENA Pressure sandal, massaging insole and ultra-grip Walk on Water" tread.

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REEBOK Fitness tank top.

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ZOOM IN ON

Electrostimulation
Using electricity to trigger a mechanical muscle response by stimulating the nervous system is a simple principle that has stood the test of time. Over the years, the effects have been improved by increasing the accuracy of the control of this current. CEFAR and COMPEX have played a major part in this development. During the 1980s, against the background of the electronic revolution, Cefar and Compex listened carefully to the requirements of the medical and scientific communities. The resulting close relationships developed over time have allowed this technological advance to be combined with an increasingly deeper knowledge of physiology. The result was the creation of electrostimulation, offering effectiveness, comfort and safety. Today, electrotherapy is an integral part of rehabilitation protocols, recognized by both the medical world and the world of sport. How does it work? The principle of electrostimulation is very simple and precisely reproduces the processes that occur when our brain orders muscles to contract. When we decide to contract a muscle, our brain sends a signal in the form of an electric current that travels at high speed along the nerve fibres. On arrival at its destination, the signal excites the motor nerve which transmits the information to the area immediately around the muscle and triggers the muscle contraction. In the case of electrostimulation, excitation occurs directly on the motor nerve using electrical pulses perfectly adapted to guarantee effectiveness, safety and comfort in use. In fact, muscles cannot tell the difference between a voluntary contraction (triggered by the brain) and an electrically induced contraction: the work carried out is exactly the same. Its natural! The fields of application are vast and little known Did you know that with electrostimulation you can: Ease lower back pain Alleviate neck pain Recover faster and better after exertion Improve stamina and endurance Gain strength and speed Work on continuity Increase your muscle volume Improve blood circulation Prevent twisted ankles Significantly improve your abdominal muscles And all this Without osteotendinous constraint on the joints Without mental fatigue Without cardiac stress

What makes us different: comfort and safety CefarCompex stimulators differ from each other in their programme types, accessories, functions, etc.... but they all meet the same comfort and safety requirements. Why? To ensure effective muscular work, it is important to recruit a maximum number of muscle fibres. The higher the stimulation energy, the greater the number of muscle fibres that are working. The more comfortable the stimulation process, the easier it is for the user to increase the stimulation energies (so more muscle fibres are working) and consequently results are better. How? The key is current control. Our stimulators are equipped with a constant current generator. This device generates a fully controlled electrical pulse, regardless of the specific features and variations in the tissues electrical resistance (skin or hair for example). This biphasic current eliminates any risk of burning and allows the device to be used safely in proximity to osteosynthesis equipment or any other metal implants.

As is the case whenever a technological breakthrough involves a wide market, the real possibilities offered by electrostimulation have been re-routed. Remember that electrostimulation is a complement, and under no circumstances does it replace physical exercise. The serious approach and scientific rigour present at all stages of developing CefarCompex products give this leading brand uncontested supremacy in the field.

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Information:

International CefarCompex Export Department + 33 4 50 10 24 80 info.intl@compex.info

www.cefarcompex.com

CefarCompex reserves the right to make changes and improvements to any of the products described in this document, to revise or withdraw this document at any time without prior notice.

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