TITLE:
Acoustic Myography in Assessment of Isokinetic and Isometric Muscle Strength in a Healthy Danish Population
AUTHORS:
Else Marie Bartels, Waqas Ahmed, Jack Kvistgaard Olsen, Eva Littrup Andersen, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe, Lars-Erik Kristensen, Henning Bliddal, Cecilie Rødgaard Bartholdy, Adrian P. Harrison
KEYWORDS:
Muscle Strength, Acoustic Myography, Range of Motion, Muscle Fibre Use
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering,
Vol.13 No.12,
December
23,
2020
ABSTRACT: Isokinetic and isometric force measurements involving a dynamometer setup are widely used in training and in muscle assessment. For further understanding of the method, we investigated the activation of key functional muscles during isokinetic and isometric movements. During force measurements in an isokinetic Biodex System 3 ProTM, acoustic myography (AMG) was applied. Ten healthy subjects (5 men/5 women) in each decade from 20 to 69 years of age participated in the study. Measurements were carried out during extension and flexion of the ankle, knee and elbow joints. Muscle fibre use was measured by efficiency (E-score) and fibre recruitment (temporal (T-score) and spatial (S-score) summation). AMG measurements showed good reproducibility, and the recruitment pattern of muscle fibres did not change with gender or age. Overall, a significantly higher E-score (P