Forensic Myotonometry
This service involves the use of a non-invasive electrodiagnostic FDA approved measuring device that quantifies muscle stiffness, muscle tone, muscle compliance, muscle strength and the level of severity of the spastic condition. Objective results are muscle specific and not influenced by patient motivation, muscle substitution or ancillary muscle recruitment.
It is used in: 
- Restorative neurology,
- Physical medicine & rehabilitation,
- Sports medicine to assess relative changes in muscle properties following any sport-related injuries,
- Neurological insult,
- Progressive muscle degenerative disorders,
- Orthopedic conditions, and
- Measuring the efficacy of treatment interventions
Common uses include measuring the progression of degenerative neuromuscular diseases and insults such as (partial list):
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Atrophic Muscular Disorders
- Autoimmune Disorders of Connective Tissue
- Back Sprains / Strains – All Types
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Compartment Syndrome
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Knee Injuries
- Neck Sprains / Strains
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myositis
- Myotonic Disorders
- Osteomalacia
- Spinal Nerve Root Damage
- Stroke
- Tendinitis
- Tenosynovitis
- And Many More…
It is also used to provide a more accurate measurement of disability for PERMANENT DISABILITY RATINGS by using exacting reliable and reproducible measurements of muscle strength loss to 1/10th of 1% rather than reliance on subjective, ordinal and variable estimations that are common to impairment ratings.
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