Mechanomyography is more sensitive than EMG in detecting age-related sarcopenia

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-556

  Tian, Shi Liu ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Li, Li ^a,b   Fu, Wei Jie ^a   Peng, Chien Hua ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Mechanomyography; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PATTERNS; AGE-RELATED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; INTENSITY LEVELS; KNEE EXTENSION; LOAD LEVELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAXIMUM SPEED; MEAN FREQUENCY; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POWER PRODUCTION CAPACITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SARCOPENIA; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; TESTING CONDITIONS; THIGH VOLUME;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENT SCALES;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74449093360     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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