四头肌肌肉的机械反应是由跨磁刺激引起的
Zafirah Zakaria1, Mazlina Mazlan2, Tze Yang Chung2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical engineering
|September 25, 2024
概括
机械力学图 (MMG) 有效地量化了肌肉对跨磁刺激 (TMS) 的反应. 较高的TMS强度增加了MMG信号,表明其在评估膝盖延伸器激活时的实用性.
科学领域:
- 神经肌肉生理学 神经肌肉生理学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 康复科学 康复科学 康复科学
背景情况:
- 机械力学图 (MMG) 提供了一种非侵入性方法来测量肌肉机械反应.
- 超磁刺激 (TMS) 可以引起非自愿的肌肉收缩.
- 量化肌肉对TMS的反应对于理解神经肌肉功能至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究膝盖延伸器中TMS强度和MMG参数 (MPA和AUC) 之间的关系.
- 确定MMG是否可以检测和量化TMS引起的肌肉激活.
- 探索MMG信号和机械联合反应之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 14名健康成年人接受了单次TMS脉冲到膝盖延伸器,强度不同 (30-80%MSO).
- 使用加速度计传感器,从大腿直骨 (RF) 和大腿横骨 (VL) 记录了MMG信号.
- 用皮尔森相关性分析了TMS强度,MMG MPA,AUC和膝盖延伸角度之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 对于RF和VL,MMG MPA和TMS强度之间发现了正线性相关性.
- 较高的TMS强度 (≥60%MSO) 产生显著更高的MMG MPA,并引起可测量的膝盖运动.
- 两种肌肉的MMG MPA与AUC和膝盖延伸角度正相关.
结论:
- 在所有测试强度中,MMG成功捕获并量化了膝盖延伸器对TMS的机械反应.
- MMG反应的大小与TMS强度成比例增加.
- MMG是评估肌肉激活和神经肌肉反应的宝贵工具.
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