Bulk movement included in multi-channel mechanomyography: similarity between mechanomyography of resting muscle and that of contracting muscle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology : Official Journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology
Takashi Kawamoto, Nobutoshi Yamazaki

Abstract

Although mechanomyography (MMG) reflects local vibrations from contracting muscle fibers, it also includes bulk movement: deformation in global soft tissue around measuring points. To distinguish between them, we compared the multi-channel MMG of resting muscle, which dominantly reflected the bulk movement caused by arterial pulsations, to that of the contracting muscle. The MMG signals were measured at five points around the upper arms of 10 male subjects during resting and during isometric ramp contraction from 5% to 85% of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of the biceps brachii muscle. The characteristics of bulk movement were defined as the amplitude distribution and phase relation among the five MMG signals. The bulk movement characteristics during the rest state were not necessarily the same among the subjects. However, below 30 Hz, each subject's characteristics remained the same from the rest state (0% MVC) to the contracting state (80% MVC), at which the bulk movement mainly originates from muscle contraction activity. Results show that the MMG of the low frequency domain (<30 Hz) includes bulk movement depending on the mechanical deformation characteristics of each subject's body, for a wide range of muscle contract...Continue Reading

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