Background
Manual muscle-testing and the use of a dynamometer are the most common methods to measure muscle strength. Currently used methods of semi- and quantitative measurement of maximal muscle strength require subject cooperation and thus depends on engagement of tested subject.
Measuring muscle strength may be an important component of physical training or nutrition evaluation and assessment.
Descricption of the Invention
The lack of quantitative data of muscle strength resulted in the development of our device. Our solution is objective dynamometry. The device works on the principle of electrical stimulation of the musculus tibialis at the motor point by a series of stimulation with increasing intensity. The maximum muscle strength and muscle fatigue are determined from the measured values using torque sensor based on tensometric measurement. This noninvasive approach enables appropriately investigating the characteristics of muscles and assess distribution of fast and slow muscle fibers. Our device is intended not only for sports medicine (effect of training and nutrition on athletes’ performance) and for athletes themselves, but also for intensive medicine (sarcopenia, coma, long-term diseases). We have developed a prototype of second generation according to regulations that are required to follow for devices of such type.
Advantages
Currently, the devices on the market are based on dynamometric principle engaging human will. Our device operates objectively independently of human will. Our device is mobile, simple and easy-to-use. Our device is a suitable tool to screen for sarcopenia and identify effective ways for preventive and therapeutic interventions and thus prevent the disastrous consequences of sarcopenia. Moreover, our solution offers technique that teaches athletes how to improve their health and physical performance.
Technology is owned by University Hospital Hradec Králové and the company MEBSTER s.r.o.. Technology is protected with know-how. Non-medical prototype was develop and is now being tested. The development was supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the programme for applied research, experimental development and InnovationGAMA - Project TG02010020 - Centre for Transfer of Biomedical Technologies - PoC andGAMA 2 –Project TP01010034 – Centre for Transfer of Biomedical Technologies – PoC2.
University Hospital Hradec Králové is now one of the largest medical facilities not only in Eastern Bohemia but also throughout the Czech Republic. It is a state-of-the-art facility spanning a wide range of medical fields and serves as a catchment center for approximately 1,000,000 inhabitants from all over the Czech Republic.
More than 41,000 patients are hospitalized every year at the hospital’s 39 workplaces, which include 24 departments and over 1370 beds, with approximately 715,000 outpatients treated annually. The most complex surgical procedures are performed and modern diagnostic and treatment technologies are used. This makes University Hospital Hradec Králové comparable with similar hospitals in Europe.
University Hospital is an important research and educational institution closely connected with the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové.
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