title: Digital tissue compliance meter.
abstract: Tissue compliance measurements were used for documentation of soft tissue consistency and made possible the diagnosis of muscle spasm and the effects of treatment. We have developed a new digital electronic operated tissue compliance meter to quantify the soft tissue hardness and resistance more objectively than the conventional hand-held mechanical tissue compliance meters. The ranges of measurements were able to perform to a maximum depth of 50 millimeters from the body surface with maximal load of 4000 grams. In lateral epicondylitis was demonstrated the effect of treatment by increase of total work (area).
authors.affiliation: Peurunka Rehabilitation and Physical Exercise Center, Laukaa, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ylinen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Airaksinen
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kolari
mesh_terms: D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004548:Elasticity; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013716:Tennis Elbow / Q000175:diagnosis; D014159:Transducers