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Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics

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Mechanomyography: An Insight to Muscle Physiology

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Abstract

The aim of this review article is to highlight an important application of mechanomyography as a tool to study muscle physiology related issues. Skeletal muscles are of vital significance in our body and contribute well towards all type of movements. Although, there are other techniques in vogue used for non-invasive assessment of muscle. But mechanomyography (MMG) do offer shear benefits for reliable muscle study. So, a substantial number of related articles were searched for this technical review from various databases including SCOPUS, PubMed, ScienceDirect, IEEE Xplore and springer link. Records were screened according to the selection criteria. The studies related to muscle physiology aspects analyzed using MMG were only selected for detailed analysis. During in depth analysis of records finally selected for this article, physiology aspects investigated via MMG were divided into seven sections including muscle stiffness, Parkinson disease, effect of dehydration, muscle contractile properties, muscle contraction mechanics, muscle temperature and muscle hypertrophy. The findings of this review suggest that MMG is a useful and reliable tool to investigate muscle physiology and it has significant applications in sports and medicine. Muscle contractile properties can be employed for future investigation on muscle fatigue, stiffness, atrophy and even functional mechanics of muscle. This review might fill the gap in knowledge in understanding of muscle physiology using MMG.

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The authors would like to thank Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) for providing a conducive platform to conduct the research.

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  1. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

    Irsa Talib & Chee Kiang Lam

  2. Centre for Telecommunication Research and Innovation (CeTRI), Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik & Kejuruteraan Komputer (FKEKK), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tunggal, Malaysia

    Kenneth Sundaraj & Jawad Hussain

  3. Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Md. Asraf Ali

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Talib, I., Sundaraj, K., Lam, C.K., Ali, M.A., Hussain, J. (2020). Mechanomyography: An Insight to Muscle Physiology. In: Jamaludin, Z., Ali Mokhtar, M.N. (eds) Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics. SympoSIMM 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9539-0_13

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