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 …

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 …

Wearable MMG-plus-one armband: Evaluation of normal force on mechanomyography (MMG) to enhance human-machine interfacing

CSM Castillo, S Wilson, R Vaidyanathan… - … on Neural Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce a new mode of mechanomyography (MMG) signal capture for
enhancing the performance of human-machine interfaces (HMIs) through modulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Advances and perspectives of mechanomyography

E Krueger, EM Scheeren, GN Nogueira-Neto… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: The evaluation of muscular tissue condition can be accomplished with
mechanomyography (MMG), a technique that registers intramuscular mechanical waves …

Spasticity assessment based on the maximum isometrics voluntary contraction of upper limb muscles in post-stroke hemiplegia

H Wang, P Huang, X Li, OW Samuel, Y Xiang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The assessment of muscle properties is an essential prerequisite in the
treatment of post-stroke patients with limb spasticity. Most existing spasticity assessment …

Assessment of elbow spasticity with surface electromyography and mechanomyography based on support vector machine

H Wang, L Wang, Y Xiang, N Zhao, X Li… - 2017 39th Annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is the gold standard in clinical for grading spasticity.
However, its results greatly depend on the physician evaluations and are subjective. In this …

A new EMG-based index towards the assessment of elbow spasticity for post-stroke patients

L Wang, X Guo, P Fang, Y Wei… - 2017 39th annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The commonly used method for grading spasticity in clinical applications is Modified
Ashworth Scale (MAS). The MAS-based method depends on the subjective evaluations and …

Targeting Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Using a Supervised Machine Learning Approach Based on Mechanomyography

EL Spieker, A Dvorani, C Salchow-Hömmen, C Otto… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) provides a promising therapy option for
individuals with injured spinal cords and multiple sclerosis patients with spasticity and gait …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanomyography-Based Metric Scale for Spasticity: A Pilot Descriptive Observational Study

EL Dos Santos, EM Scheeren, GN Nogueira-Neto… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) is commonly used clinically to evaluate
spasticity, but its qualitative nature introduces subjectivity. We propose a novel metric scale …

Brief report: Preliminary study on evaluation of spasticity in patients with brain lesions using mechanomyography

SW Jun, SJ Yong, M Jo, YH Kim, SH Kim - Clinical Biomechanics, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Electromyography and the modified Ashworth scale (MAS) are among the most
effective methods for evaluating spasticity; however, these are often inappropriate for clinical …