myography

From myo- +‎ -graphy. Compare French myographie.

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

myography (countable and uncountable, plural myographies)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The scientific study of muscles, typically via myographs.
   • 1926, John Farquhar Fulton, Muscular Contraction and the Reflex Control of Movement, page 541:

     As there is no adequate description of recent developments in the technique of myography, it may be useful if an account is given of the torsion- wire myograph and of other details of procedure […] Successful measurement of such relatively brief intervals as the latent period and the period of rigidity of skeletal muscle requires a mechanical recording instrument of enhanced accuracy. Several myographs have been utilized […]

   • 2008 February 2, Angela Spiers, Neal Padmanabhan, “A Guide to Wire Myography”, in Jérôme P. Fennell, editor, Hypertension: Methods and Protocols, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, pages 91-92; republished as Andrew H. Baker, editor, (Please provide a date or year):

     Wire myography is an in vitro technique that allows us to examine functional responses and vascular reactivity of isolated small resistance arteries. […] The four-channel myograph is most commonly used, because it allows the simultaneous study of four vessels in individual organ baths. Other models (such as two-channel myographs), […] are also available. Myography starts with the careful dissection of small arteries, […]

   • 2018 August 8, Raymond Tong, Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 139:

     7.2 Myography. / To measure force production during contraction, a technique called myography is often utilized. Like the previously mentioned sensors (inertial sensors, etc.), myography can be used to track motion patterns and characterize gestures. […]