Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1986-09-30
1987-08-25
Howell, Kyle L.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128774, 128782, A61B 505
Patent
active
046885811
ABSTRACT:
A method for non-invasive in vivo determination of muscle fiber composition and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The method includes the steps of electrically stimulating a chosen muscle; determining the stimulation current; measuring the electrical potential of the muscle; the contraction time; and the force produced by the contraction; and by intercorrelating the data by multiple regression, determining the type, percentage and size of muscle fibers within the muscle stimulated. Apparatus for determining the muscle composition includes a muscle stimulator of controlled voltage; electromyogram equipment; and a force transducer providing a tension curve as well as force measurements.
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Hanley John C.
Horton Paul F.
Howell Kyle L.
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