Patent ID: 7172564

Claim:
A method for optimally mechanically stimulating a user's muscle, comprising the steps of: A) a first determining step of determining a frequency of muscular stimulation that corresponds to an optimum frequency for a maximum stimulation of the user's muscle, the first determining step comprising: i) using a mechanical means to subject the user's muscle to a mechanical stimulation at each of plural frequencies over a range from a lower limit frequency through an upper limit frequency, ii) during the mechanical stimulation, conducting a data acquisition phase by using a muscular electrical activity detector, applied on the user's muscle, to measure the muscular stimulation of the user's muscle at each of the plural frequencies, the measured muscular stimulation being based on a signal amplitude output from the detector, and iii) from the measured muscular stimulation at each of the plural frequencies, determining the optimum frequency for maximum stimulation of the user's muscle based on a maximum measured muscular stimulation as reflected by a function of the measured signal amplitude output from the detector; wherein the optimum frequency is being determined from the frequency corresponding to a maximum measured signal amplitude output from the detector; and B) a second stimulating step of stimulating the user's muscle at the determined optimum frequency to subject the user's muscle to an optimum stimulation.