Assessment of skeletal muscle contractile properties by radial displacement: the case for tensiomyography

LJ Macgregor, AM Hunter, C Orizio, MM Fairweather… - Sports Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Skeletal muscle operates as a near-constant volume system; as such muscle shortening
during contraction is transversely linked to radial deformation. Therefore, to assess …

Mechanomyography and muscle function assessment: A review of current state and prospects

MO Ibitoye, NA Hamzaid, JM Zuniga, AKA Wahab - Clinical Biomechanics, 2014 - Elsevier
Previous studies have explored to saturation the efficacy of the conventional signal (such as
electromyogram) for muscle function assessment and found its clinical impact limited …

Mechanomyogram for muscle function assessment: a review

MA Islam, K Sundaraj, RB Ahmad, NU Ahamed - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Mechanomyography (MMG) has been extensively applied in clinical and
experimental practice to examine muscle characteristics including muscle function (MF) …

Strategies for rapid muscle fatigue reduction during FES exercise in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

MO Ibitoye, NA Hamzaid, N Hasnan, AK Abdul Wahab… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Rapid muscle fatigue during functional electrical stimulation (FES)-evoked
muscle contractions in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) is a significant limitation to …

Mechanomyography sensor development, related signal processing, and applications: a systematic review

MA Islam, K Sundaraj, RB Ahmad… - IEEE Sensors …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mechanomyography (MMG) is extensively used in the research of sensor development,
signal processing, characterization of muscle activity, development of prosthesis and/or …

Passive stretching effects on electromechanical delay and time course of recovery in human skeletal muscle: new insights from an electromyographic and …

F Esposito, E Limonta, E Ce - European journal of applied physiology, 2011 - Springer
Acute passive stretching has been shown to alter muscle-tendon unit (MTU) stiffness and to
reduce peak tetanic force (pF). MTU mechanical properties and electro-mechanical delay …

Mechanomyographic parameter extraction methods: an appraisal for clinical applications

MO Ibitoye, NA Hamzaid, JM Zuniga, N Hasnan… - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
The research conducted in the last three decades has collectively demonstrated that the
skeletal muscle performance can be alternatively assessed by mechanomyographic signal …

Novel insights into skeletal muscle function by mechanomyography: from the laboratory to the field

E Cè, S Rampichini, F Esposito - Sport Sciences for Health, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The review aimed to provide a wider overview on the new application fields of
MMG signal. A particular emphasis on measurements reliability and sensitivity was also …

Estimation of elbow flexion force during isometric muscle contraction from mechanomyography and electromyography

W Youn, J Kim - Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2010 - Springer
Mechanomyography (MMG) is the muscle surface oscillations that are generated by the
dimensional change of the contracting muscle fibers. Because MMG reflects the number of …

Alternating stimulation of synergistic muscles during functional electrical stimulation cycling improves endurance in persons with spinal cord injury

MJ Decker, L Griffin, LD Abraham, L Brandt - Journal of Electromyography …, 2010 - Elsevier
Therapeutic effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling for persons with spinal
cord injury (SCI) are limited by high rates of muscular fatigue. FES-cycling performance …