Jun 10, 2022
UroMOCA and StimPod Daily Testing
- Dennis Bourbeau1
- 1MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- SPARCTech. support email: info@neuinfo.org
Document Citation: Dennis Bourbeau 2022. UroMOCA and StimPod Daily Testing. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.261gen84yg47/v1
License: This is an open access document distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Created: June 06, 2022
Last Modified: June 10, 2022
Document Integer ID: 64030
Keywords: UroMOCA, StimPods, Bladder, Electrical Stimulation
Abstract
Protocol for daily stimulation using StimPods
UroMOCA and StimPod Daily Testing
- Tolerance testing
- Attach BluMOCA receiver/antenna to harness/jacket
- Stimulation permutations
- 20 Hz, 500 Hz, 10 kHz
- Stim0, Stim1
- Stimulation duration: 1-5 seconds ON, >30 s rest
- For each stimulation permutation, determine upper limit of stimulus intensity/amplitude without distress or discomfort to animal
- Recruitment Curve
- Attach BluMOCA receiver/antenna to harness/jacket
- Administer stimulation while recording bladder pressure and EMG
- Stimulus duration: 5 seconds on, > 30 s rest
- Stimulus amplitude range: [0:25 µA:tolerance limit]
- Stimulus amplitudes randomized within range
- For each stimulation permutation
- Within tolerance range for that permutation
- Stimulate both channels simultaneously
- Attach BluMOCA receiver/antenna to harness/jacket
- Stimulus duration: 1 minute for 20Hz; 2 minutes for 500Hz & 10kHz
- Amplitude for 20 Hz stimulation: 90% of full recruitment
- Amplitude for 500 Hz or 10 kHz stimulation: minimum amplitude (threshold) to achieve maximum EMG reduction
- Measure bladder pressure and EMG
- Document potential effect on subject’s desire to use litter box