Ultrasound Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Parameters Using Flexible and Wearable Single-Element Ultrasonic Sensor

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 13; p. 3616
• Main Authors: AlMohimeed, Ibrahim, Ono, Yuu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 27.06.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Electric Stimulation; electrical muscle stimulation; Humans; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; piezoelectric PVDF film; single-element ultrasonic sensor; skeletal muscle monitoring; ultrasonic transducer; Ultrasonics; wearable and flexible ultrasonic sensor; Wearable Electronic Devices; piezoelectric PVDF film; fusion index; electrical muscle stimulation; skeletal muscle monitoring; wearable and flexible ultrasonic sensor; single-element ultrasonic sensor; tetanic contraction; ultrasonic transducer; muscle contractile parameters

Skeletal muscle is considered as a near-constant volume system, and the contractions of the muscle are related to the changes in tissue thickness. Assessment of the skeletal muscle contractile parameters such as maximum contraction thickness ( T h ), contraction time ( T c ), contraction velocity (...