Combining ultrafast ultrasound and high-density EMG to assess local electromechanical muscle dynamics: a feasibility study

Skeletal muscles generate force, enabling movement through a series of fast electro-mechanical activations coordinated by the central nervous system. Understanding the underlying mechanism of such fast muscle dynamics is essential in neuromuscular diagnostics, rehabilitation medicine and sports biomechanics. The unique combination of...

Tracking electromechanical muscle dynamics using ultrafast ultrasound and high-density EMG

Current methods to track the progression and evaluate treatment of muscular dystrophies are scarce. The electromechanical delay (EMD), defined as the time lag from muscle electrical activity to motion onset, has been proposed as a biomarker, but provides only limited insight in the pathophysiol-ogy of muscle function. This work proposes and...

Effect of Propeller Installation on Performance Indicators of Regional Turboprop Aircraft

Four regional turboprop aircraft of different configuration are assessed on their key performance indicators by using an automated conceptual design method. The configurations include two wing-mounted propeller installations (high-wing and low-wing) as well as a fuselagemounted configuration and a tail-mounted configuration. The effect of the...

Comparison of multi-tensor diffusion models' performance for white matter integrity estimation in chronic stroke

Better insight into white matter (WM) alterations after stroke onset could help to understand the underlying recovery mechanisms and improve future interventions. MR diffusion imaging enables to assess such changes. Our goal was to investigate the relation of WM diffusion characteristics derived from diffusion models of increasing complexity...