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ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2018

Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography.

Lewis J Macgregor, Angus M Hunter, Claudio Orizio, Malcolm M Fairweather, Massimiliano Ditroilo

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Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03964519 (Neuromuscular, Physiological and Performance Changes After an Acute and Chronic Training Protocol Associated to the Inter-set Velocity Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 77 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT03964519 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Neuromuscular, Physiological and Performance Changes After an Acute and Chronic Training Protocol Associated to the Inter-set Velocity Loss

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlejandro Muñoz LópezRan2019 to 2019Enrolled30ConditionsHealthyArmsAcute changes, Chronic changes, Familiarization
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lewis J MacgregorFaculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Angus M HunterFaculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK. a.m.hunter1@stir.ac.uk.
Claudio OrizioDipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Malcolm M FairweatherSportScotland Institute of Sport, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Massimiliano DitroiloSchool of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Funding

sportscotland sp21UK Sport UKS05t
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle operates as a near-constant volume system; as such muscle shortening during contraction is transversely linked to radial deformation. Therefore, to assess contractile properties of skeletal muscle, radial displacement can be evoked and measured. Mechanomyography measures muscle radial displacement and during the last 20 years, tensiomyography has become the most commonly used and widely reported technique among the various methodologies of mechanomyography. Tensiomyography has been demonstrated to reliably measure peak radial displacement during evoked muscle twitch, as well as muscle twitch speed. A number of parameters can be extracted from the tensiomyography displacement/time curve and the most commonly used and reliable appear to be peak radial displacement and contraction time. The latter has been described as a valid non-invasive means of characterising skeletal muscle, based on fibre-type composition. Over recent years, applications of tensiomyography measurement within sport and exercise have appeared, with applications relating to injury, recovery and performance. Within the present review, we evaluate the perceived strengths and weaknesses of tensiomyography with regard to its efficacy within applied sports medicine settings. We also highlight future tensiomyography areas that require further investigation. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to critically examine the existing evidence surrounding tensiomyography as a tool within the field of sports medicine.

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HumansMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalMyographySports

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PMID29605838
PMCPMC5999145

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