Background The digital measurement tools Myoton-2 and Myoton-3 proved to be reliable
and useful for assessing biomechanical properties of myofascial tissues (1, 2, 3). These …

Objective. The aim of the study was to examine the test–retest reliability of the Myoton-2
myometer for measuring skeletal muscle viscoelastic stiffness. Methods. Ten healthy …

Objective: Several diagnostic methods have been used in the identification of mechanical
properties of skeletal muscle, including myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), however, they are …

Purpose: The authors investigated the reliability of myotonometry-measured muscle tone in
the thenar and perineal muscles. Methods: Participants were women aged 18–50 years who …

Background The MyotonPro is a portable device for measuring biomechanical and
viscoelastic properties in superficial soft tissues. The aims of this study are firstly to validate …

Myotonometry is a relatively novel method used to quantify the biomechanical and
viscoelastic properties (stiffness, compliance, tone, elasticity, creep, mechanical relaxation) …

Contraction of fascia-due to the activity of myofibroblasts-is already known to occur in wound
healing and in pathological contractures like Morbus Dupuytren. With immunohistological …

Background The aims of this study were to (1) calculate the correlation between different
tensile force levels and corresponding muscle stiffness both in vitro and in vivo;(2) determine …

Dense connective tissue sheets, commonly known as fascia, play an important role as force
transmitters in human posture and movement regulation. Fascia is usually seen as having a …

Objective The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of dry needling (DN)
on the biomechanical properties of a latent medial myofascial trigger point (MTrP) of the …