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EMG Lecture with LIVE SOUNDS Sound device and audio speaker
How to Use the DVD-ROM
Windows_User Macintosh OS
Nihon Kohden Co. reserves the copyright for the Internet browser (e.g., Safari)
EMG Player program (EmgPlayerLE2.exe), a Display resolution of 1280x720 or higher
trademark of Nihon Kohden Co. This program is Environment to play a MP4 format video with HD
designed to play EMG files contained in this book. resolution of 1280x720 dots
Nihon Kohden Co. has permitted its personal Sound device and audio speaker
educational use only for owners of this book.
Duplicating and distributing the EMG Player
program without permission is prohibited by law.
Windows PC
How to Use the DVD-ROM (with Windows 7)
Oxford University Press USA and the authors Insert the DVD-ROM to display the following
reserve all rights for this product made available screen (Fig. 1).
for the owner of this book. The copyrights for
medical contents such as EMG samples and NCS
normal values belong to the authors as protected
under copyright law, various related laws, and
international regulations.
Users are strictly prohibited from duplicating,
modifying, copying, or distributing part or all of the
contents.

Oxford University Press USA, Nihon Kohden Co., Figure 1

and the authors carry no responsibility for any Click “Run run32dll.exe (icon of Jun Kimura)” to
direct or indirect loss resulting from the use of this open the next screen (Fig. 3).
product.
NOTE
Use of the DVD-ROM assumes consent on the part With Windows 8, insert the DVD to display the
of the user. message in the upper right corner of screen and
click it to open the next screen (Fig. 2).
System Requirement to Run the DVD-ROM
Windows OS
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8
NOTE
The program may not work with the latest OS,
Windows 8, depending on the PC environment. If so,
please see the Section “What to Do If the Homepage
Does Not Open”.

Internet Explorer 7 or higher

Figure 2
Click “Run run32dll.exe (icon of Jun Kimura)” to
open the next screen (Fig. 3).
NOTE
If the “AutoPlay” function is disabled, open the
DVD-ROM and double-click the file “START_Win”
in “Windows_User” folder.
Operation of EMG Lecture with LIVE
SOUNDS
This software operates like any general Internet
browser.
Figure 3
DVD-ROM contents include, in addition to EMG
lectures, three tables on myotome, four tables on
nerve conduction study (NCS) normal values, and
three figures on height- F-wave latency nomograms
(Nobrega et al, 2004). You can download any files
from the “Documents Archive”.
For EMG lectures, click the icon or “Hear We
GO!” to open the “EMG findings” page. Then click
the icon to open the “EMG description” page
and click the icon again to select the item of
interest to open the EMG Player (Fig. 4).
For myotome, NCS normal values, and height-
F-wave latency nomograms, click the underlined
item of interest or a symbol icon on the left of the
screen.
How to Use the EMG Player
Click the play button on the
toolbar on top of the screen to run the program, and
click the close button to finish.
A real-time EMG trace is displayed with live sounds
in the upper part of the screen, and compressed
waveforms in the lower part.
Figure 4
Function of Other Buttons on the Toolbar
PAUSE button: Pause EMG play.
STOP button: Stop EMG play.
REPEAT button: Repeat EMG play.
VOLUME button: Adjust volume.
CASCADE button: Display the waveform
in a cascade (raster) mode, showing the desired
number of traces indicated in the pull-down menu.
Select the desired number in the pull-down menu to
change sensitivity, filter setting, and sweep speed.
Low Cut: Change the low-cut frequency.
High Cut: Change the high-cut frequency.
Sens: Change the sensitivity.
Monitor: Change the sweep speed (time scale) of the
screen.
NOTE: Stop EMG play first, before changing the
filter setting.
How to Use Trigger Mode
Click icon to open “Trigger mode screen”, which
displays triggering waveforms on the right side (Fig.
5).

Figure 5
The main screen on the left shows the firing rate of
discharge at the right corner on top and a green
horizontal line which triggers the sweep as it
crosses the rising slope of the waveform in the
standard setting.
Drag this line up and down with a mouse to select a
desired trigger level.
Trigger mode settings are found in the menu under
trigger mode screen and includes the following (Fig.
6).
Figure 6
Analysis: Sweep speed of the triggered trace.
Delay: Interval between the onset of sweep and
trigger point.
Trigger Slope
Rise: Triggers on crossing the rising slope of the
waveform.
Fall: Triggers on crossing the falling slope of the
waveform.
Measured Signal Trigger
Level: Triggers the sweep as the green line
crossing the waveform.
Window: Triggers the sweep with a window formed
by two horizontal lines when the bottom
line but not the top line crosses the
waveform. This type of triggering serves
well in selecting one particular motor
unit potential (MUP) in the presence of
many others.
Superimpose: Superimpose triggering waveforms
automatically at the end of analyses.
Cascade: Number of traces showing the triggering
waveforms.
V-range: Amplifier sensitivity used to display
triggering waveforms.
What to Do If the EMG Player Does Not Run
Open the DVD-ROM and the “EmgPlayer folder” in
“Windows_User folder” and double-click
“EmgPlayerLE2” to run the EMG Player.
Click a folder icon on top of the screen and
select an EMG file to play.
What to Do If the Homepage Does Not Open
Use “Video type” contained in “Video_for_Windows”
folder in the DVD-ROM.
Double-click “START_Win” in “Video_for_Windows”
folder. EMG waveform is displayed with WMV
format video with the HD resolution of 1280x720
dots.
NOTE
With Windows 8, which may not play the EMG
video files, copy “Video_for_Windows” folder to your
desktop from the DVD (following instruction on
“How to Copy files to Another Media” section).
 resolution of 1280x720 dots.
Macintosh PC
Open “Macintosh_User” folder in the DVD-ROM With Macintosh OS
Double-click “START_Mac.html”. Copy “Macintosh_User” folder (which you can
The DVD-ROM contents include, in addition to rename afterwards) to any memory device, open the
EMG lectures, three tables on myotome, four tables copied folder, and double-click “START_Mac.html”.
on nerve conduction study (NCS) normal values,
and three figures on height- F-wave latency
nomograms (Nobrega et al, 2004). You can Microsoft and Windows are either registered
download any files from “Documents Archive”. trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries.
For EMG lectures, click the icon or “Hear We
GO!” to open the “EMG findings”. Then click the Macintosh and Apple are registered trademarks of
icon to open the “EMG description” page and Apple Inc.
click the icon again to select the item of
interest. EMG sample is displayed in a MP4 format
video with HD resolution of 1280x720 dots.

To display the tables for myotome, NCS normal

values, and the figures for height- F-wave latency
nomograms, click the under lined item of interest or
the corresponding symbol icon on the left side of the
screen.

How to Copy Files to

Another Media
You can copy the contents of the DVD-ROM to the
hard disk of a PC or a memory device such as USB
as follows:

With Windows OS
To use the EMG Player to play EMG files, copy
“Windows_User” folder (which you can rename
afterwards) to any memory device, open the copied
folder, and double-click “START_Win”.

To use Video to play EMG files, copy

“Video_for_Windows” folder (which you can rename
afterward) to any memory device, open the copied
folder, and double-click “START_Win”. EMG sample
is displayed in a WMV format Video with HD