Purposes and goals:

- To evaluate muscular status, hypertrophy / atrophy, through the observation of the muscular displacement parameter (Dm).

- To detect muscular imbalance: When comparing the parameters of different muscles, we differentiate between two types of symmetry: Lateral and Functional.

Lateral: Muscle pairs which have the symmetry between the contraction parameters at least 80% or higher, are regarded as balanced. In case of parameters under the limit of 80%, we are talking about imbalanced muscles, which should be treated with special complex of exercises for strength activation.

Functional: Testing functional symmetry, TMG allows us to study the differences between agonist and antagonist muscles. When comparing agonist/ antagonist muscles, if the contraction parameters are at least 85% symmetry or higher, results are regarded as balanced. Under 80% of functional symmetry the muscle pair will be classified as imbalanced, and there is a high risk of injury.

- To determine “critical spots” after detecting lateral or functional asymmetries. For
example, detecting joins´ instabilities.

- The biomechanics of the movement
will help us while detecting
“critical spots”, reporting
knowledge about the requested
muscles. TMG parameters
provide information about what
muscles are more or less
requested during the exercise.
This information will help us
to better understand the
asymmetries found after
TMG measurements and we will
realize how the body is compensating
the deficiencies at the level
of agonists/antagonist, synergists, etc.

- TMG will help Strength and Conditioning coaches to develop a programme based on individual requirements for every different athlete.

- TMG let you focus your training programme on avoiding muscular imbalance which could end in many different injuries like lower back pain, knee, ankles, hips, shoulders or elbows tendonitis, just comparing the lateral and functional symmetry between agonists / antagonists , it means, evaluation of the functional symmetry.

- Monitoring and evaluating muscular imbalance without any effort from the measured person. Voluntary contraction is not needed.

- Simple, non-invasive and objective method to quantify improvements in athlete’s muscles.