Progress on the Muscle Function Evaluation and Its Forensic Application
- VernacularTitle:肌肉功能评估方法进展及其法医学应用前景
- Author:
Pei-Pei ZHUO
1
;
Dong GAO
;
Dan RAN
;
Qing XIA
;
Si-Lei TAN
;
Wen-Tao XIA
Author Information
1. 司法鉴定科学研究院 上海市法医学重点实验室 上海市司法鉴定专业技术服务平台
- Keywords:
forensic medicine;
muscle strength;
muscle function;
nerve electrophysiology;
review
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2018;34(6):665-671
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Accurate evaluation of muscle function helps to understand the recovery of muscle, bone, nervous system diseases or injuries, especially for muscle dysfunction caused by peripheral nerve injury.Therefore, the methods of muscle function evaluation have been the focus of researchers, with new methods having been constantly proposed.Muscle strength testing is an important part of muscle function evaluation.Besides hand muscle strength assessment, currently used muscle function assessments include simple instrumental test, isokinetic muscle test, electrophysiological test, etc.In addition, the application of needle electromyography, motor unit number estimation, motion unit index in muscle function evaluation has also been reported for several times.This paper reviews the research progress and practical application of these methods.
