Optical Probe Measures Muscle Health

Mar-05-17 Researchers have developed a fiber-optic probe able to measure muscle health quickly and non-invasively.

Typically, diagnosing muscle health requires a biopsy, which can be painful and cannot be used to study moving muscle. To offer a less invasive alternative, the team from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago created a thin, fiber-optic probe that can be inserted into the living muscle. Once in place, the probe uses resonant reflection spectroscopy to measure the length of the muscle’s sarcomeres—the filaments that allow muscles to expand and contract, and also act as accurate indicators of muscle health.

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