Tensiomyography

Tensiomyography (TMG) is a measuring method for detection of skeletal muscles’ contractile properties. Tensiomyography assesses muscle mechanical response based on radial muscle belly displacement induced by the single electrical stimulus. It is most commonly performed using TMG S1 system. Tensiomyography measurement instrument includes an electrical stimulator and data acquisition subunit (1), mechanical sensor (2), tripod with manipulating hand (3) and electrodes (4) that work with an essential software interface install on a PC.

Method

Tensiomyography is a non-invasive method for measuring mechanical properties of superficial skeletal muscle. Tensiomyography data can be used for determination of muscle fiber type (comparing displacement signal and muscle histochemistry/ heavy chain myosin amount20) and muscles status/condition (fatigue, potentiation, inhibition, stress influence on the body, etc.), the diagnosis of a functional muscular symmetry, either temporal or morphological, the evaluation of muscular synchronization, fast detection of an infra-clinical lesion of the muscle in situ (less than 5 minutes).