Muscle Function Testing

A functionality test at the level of individual muscles by investigating the activity of a muscle of interest on various tasks may enable muscle-level force grading. This paper proposes a new method for muscle function tests using an exoskeleton robot for obtaining a wider variety of muscle activity data than standard motor tasks, e.g., pushing a handle by his/her hand. A computational algorithm systematically computes control commands to a wearable robot with actuators (an exoskeleton robot, or a power-assisting device) so that a desired muscle activation pattern for target muscle forces is induced. This individual muscle control method enables users (e.g., therapists) to efficiently conduct neuromuscular function tests for target muscles by arbitrarily inducing muscle activation patterns. Simulation results justify the use of an exoskeleton robot for muscle function testing in terms of the variety of muscle activity data.

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Muscle function testing. By V. Janda, 260 pp, Butterworths, London, England, 1983. $69.95

Muscle & Nerve ◽

10.1002/mus.880070910 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 756-756

Author(s):

Irwin M. Siegel

Keyword(s):

Muscle Function ◽

Function Testing

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Brain and Muscle Function Testing System : Electroencephalograph, Evoked Potential Measuring System and Electromyograph(Special Issue : New Trends of Medical Instruments for Physiological Tests (2) )

JAPANES JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION ◽

10.4286/ikakikaigaku.65.3_114 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 65 (3) ◽

pp. 114-119

Author(s):

S ISHIKAWA

Keyword(s):

Muscle Function ◽

Evoked Potential ◽

Measuring System ◽

Testing System ◽

Special Issue ◽

Medical Instruments ◽

Physiological Tests ◽

Function Testing

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Skeletal muscle fatty infiltration in the thigh, as assessed by MRI T2-weighted and 3-point Dixon sequences, is associated with poor performance on muscle function testing in patients with Cushing's syndrome in remission

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.63.gp159 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Luciana Martel ◽

Alicia Alonso ◽

Helena Bascunana ◽

Jordi Diaz Manera ◽

Jaume Llauger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Cushing’S Syndrome ◽

Muscle Function ◽

Fatty Infiltration ◽

Poor Performance ◽

Cushing's Syndrome ◽

Function Testing

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European Respiratory Society International Congress 2018: Allied Respiratory Professionals’ report of highlighted sessions

ERJ Open Research ◽

10.1183/23120541.00182-2018 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 00182-2018

Author(s):

Matthew Rutter ◽

Carlos Augusto Camillo ◽

Peter Coss ◽

Andreja Sajnic ◽

Aisling McGowan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Function ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Muscle Function ◽

Respiratory Muscle ◽

Pulmonary Function Testing ◽

International Congress ◽

European Respiratory Society ◽

Allied Health Professionals ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Function Testing

This article provides an overview of outstanding sessions that were supported by Assembly 9 during the recent European Respiratory Society International Congress in Paris, France. Session content was mainly targeted at allied health professionals such as respiratory physiologists, respiratory physiotherapists and respiratory nurses. Recent developments and novel findings related to pulmonary function testing, respiratory muscle function assessments and treatment, and multidimensional and multidisciplinary approaches to the assessment and management of dyspnoea were the focus of these sessions and are summarised here.

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