The Correlation Between fascicle Curvature and Muscle Hardness

Here is a short introduction of the topic I presented in ISB 2007.

In this study, we try to find the relationship between muscle hardness and  fasicles' curvature which become more 

curved during muscle contraction. We used a tool called myotonometer which claims it can measure the muscle

hardness. The concept is simple. It just measure the force which is resisted by muscle and the displacement.

We also measure the fasicle curvature by sonography. Then we find the force which we applied the myotonomer on the muscle and find the same force in the sonography trial that we can know the change of fasicle curvature.




We calculated the stiffness we tested from myotonometer.

Also, we measured the fasicle curvature in sonography.