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Non-invasive and selective measurement of muscle contraction force in the field and in clinical settings has always been challenging. The aim of our work has been to develop a sensor that can overcome these difficulties and therefore enable measurement of muscle force during different contraction conditions. In this study, we tested the mechanical properties of a \u201cMuscle Contraction\u201d (MC) sensor during isometric muscle contraction in different length\/tension conditions. The MC sensor is attached so that it indents the skin overlying a muscle group and detects varying degrees of tension during muscular contraction. We compared MC sensor readings over the biceps brachii (BB) muscle to dynamometric measurements of force of elbow flexion, together with recordings of surface EMG signal of BB during isometric contractions at 15\u00b0 and 90\u00b0 of elbow flexion. Statistical correlation between MC signal and force was very high at 15\u00b0 (r = 0.976) and 90\u00b0 (r = 0.966) across the complete time domain. Normalized SD or \u03c3N = \u03c3\/max(FMC) was used as a measure of linearity of MC signal and elbow flexion force in dynamic conditions. The average was 8.24% for an elbow angle of 90\u00b0 and 10.01% for an elbow of angle 15\u00b0, which indicates high linearity and good dynamic properties of MC sensor signal when compared to elbow flexion force. The next step of testing MC sensor potential will be to measure tension of muscle-tendon complex in conditions when length and tension change simultaneously during human motion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s140917848","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,25]],"date-time":"2014-09-25T12:17:36Z","timestamp":1411647456000},"page":"17848-17863","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["In-Vivo Measurement of Muscle Tension: Dynamic Properties of the MC Sensor during Isometric Muscle Contraction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sr\u0111an","family":"\u0110or\u0111evi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"TMG-BMC Ltd., Splitska 5, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia"},{"name":"Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre of  the University of Primorska, Garibaldijeva 1, Koper 6000, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sa\u0161o","family":"Toma\u017ei\u010d","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tr\u017ea\u0161ka 25, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Narici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Nottingham, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and  Health, Derby Royal Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rado","family":"Pi\u0161ot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre of  the University of Primorska, Garibaldijeva 1, Koper 6000, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrej","family":"Megli\u010d","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TMG-BMC Ltd., Splitska 5, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Lieber, R.L. 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