Athletes that have sustained muscle injuries are under pressure to return to a sport as fast as possible and have furthermore also limited access to relevant information on the status of their muscles. As a consequence reinjures and chronic injuries are common. As athletes have to optimize their rehabilitation and each one of them recovers at different rates, they and their coaches need to make educated decisions. Most of the clinical studies that enable muscle injury and rehabilitation diagnostics provide information on muscle status when no load is applied on measured muscle. TMG S1 system on the contrary provides also information weather the muscle is capable to sustain maximal load and supports athletes, coaches and medical staff with relevant and complete information on injured muscle and enables them to make the fast but safe comeback.

Sevilla FC, Spain’s oldest football club and a member of eminent La Liga which has won three UEFA Cups and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup is using TMG S1 on daily basis in the field of injury prevention. TMG S1 individual reports enable coaching stuff to asses muscle condition of each player and develop strategies for injury prevention on the individual level.

In the consensus statement “Terminology and classification of muscle injuries in sport”, the most eminent experts in the field of sports medicine have defined the classification of muscle injuries in order to facilitate effective communication among medical practitioners and development of systematic treatment strategies.

A new classification system is divided into two subgroups, which further differentiate between four types:

Functional muscle disorders:
Type 1: overexertion-related
Type 2: neuromuscular muscle disorders
Structural muscle injury:
Type 3: partial tears
Type 4: (sub)total tears/tendon avulsions

The article provides several treatment strategies for each type of injury, which are based on methods such as ultrasound, MRI, clinical tests and others. These methods provide valuable information, yet, they are limited to the assessment of mechanical status of injury, while they cannot quantify the loss of muscle function. The TMG S1 system, a unique tool for quick and accurate location of asymmetries in muscle groups, on the other hand, provides detailed and quantified information on the loss of muscle function. As such it supports athletes, coaches and medical staff with relevant and complete information on the injured muscle and enables them to develop the most suitable rehabilitation strategy.

TMG will be present at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Coaches Conference that will be held on January 7-10 in Louisville, KY, USA. The National Conference is the premier strength and conditioning event of the year, bridging the gap between the scientist and the practitioner through presentations on cutting-edge research and dynamic hands-on sessions. The annual conference brings together top strength and conditioning coaches and industry practitioners, and provides an exceptional way to learn the latest research, techniques, and breakthrough performance methods used by top professionals throughout the world.

The video on the TMG S1 System that was released on Youtube in mid-November by our North American distribution partner has scored more than 1000 views. You are welcome to watch the video on the TMG NA Youtube channel.

We are pleased to announce our presence at Arab Health 2015, 26 – 29 January in Dubai, UAE. We believe TMG products have been well established in many countries and we are encouraged to address new distributors all over the globe. Contact us to schedule a meeting with our staff at Arab Health. We look forward to meeting you there.

An article with title Assessment of neuromuscular function after different strength training protocols using tensiomyography has recently been published under the leadership of the Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr-University Bochum. The purpose of the study was to analyse TMG sensitivity to changes in muscle force and neuromuscular function of the muscle rectus femoris using TMG muscle properties after five different lower-limb strength training protocols. You can access the article on the following link.

At the latest ECSS congress that was held in Amsterdam last summer, we presented a novel approach of measuring force transmission and efficiency over the knee joint in cycling. You can download the presentation on the following link.

A well-renowned Yanbian University from Jilin Province, China has recently acquired the TMG S1 System to perform a variety of research in the field of sport science. The university that boasts with more than 23000 full-time students, including over 3700 doctoral candidates and postgraduates, represents an amazing opportunity to provide new findings in the field of tensiomyography.

Our North American distribution partner TMG NA has recently released a short but attractive video that reveals how TMG S1 system works and its main benefits. In case you would like to learn the basics of tensiomyography and get acquainted with our product, you are welcome to watch the video on TMG NA Youtube channel.