Mechanography

The mechanography ( in the literature often referred to as '' jumping Mechanography designated '') is a diagnostic measurement methods of medicine, which, on the basis of the timing of ground reaction forces in typical everyday movements such as jumps or getting up from a chair, body focus -related physical parameters such as speed, power jump height and overall body stiffness determined. If this ground reaction forces recorded separately for left and right leg, so additional side differences in the temporal course of the physical parameters can be determined, which make it possible to quantify, for example, the course of therapy. The same analysis methodology can also be applied in the context of Ganganlyse or climbing stairs.

Area of ​​application

Typical uses of mechanography are the geriatrics as well as pediatrics. Unlike many other methods of measurement ( pure measure times for widespread chair rising test, standup and Go test, etc.), for example, the body weight-based peak power at beidbeinigen jump maximum height a much better reproducible measurement that also even with frequent application no significant training effect shows.

On the basis of this test Runge et al and Schönau et al developed reference values ​​for the assignment of individual performance as a function of gender and age into a so-called optimal aging reference group. Tsubaki was able to show that in a typical Japanese population showed identical performance using identical Selektrionskriterien to Western European reference group of Runge. Thus it can be assumed that for the mechanography no country-specific reference data must be collected. Runge et al also showed a correlation between the detected by the mechanography individual performance and the Neuromuscular -related risk of falling.

Due to the objective and reproducible quantification of everyday movements in physical variables, the mechanography is particularly well suited for determining the instantaneous power of a person as well as for the documentation of training or therapeutic intervention. For this reason, the Mechanography is also used as one of the Strandardmessverfahren in current and future Bed - rest studies of the European Space Agency ( ESA).

Mechanography is also used to quantify the relationships between muscle and bone. According to the Mechanostat theorem muscle function affects bone formation. Through a combination of measurement methods for determining the Muskelfuntion as the mechanography and computed tomographic measurement methods such as quantitative computed to determine bone density, bone geometry and bone strength, this muscle-bone relationship can be quantified in vivo.

Swell

• Performance diagnostics
• Apparative investigation procedure
• Geriatrics
• Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine