CURO Canine

Features CURO Canine

OVERVIEW: The CURO Canine app is designed for Veterinarians and Dog Trainers and works togetherwith a MyoDynamik CURO system to record muscle contractions during periods of physical activity.CURO-Diagnostics ApSDeveloperBACKGROUND: Acoustic Myography (AMG) (also known as phonomyography, sound myography,vibromyography, and surface mechanomyogram) is a technique that measures the low frequency sounds(1 Hz to 200 Hz) created during muscular activity — sounds that can often be heard with ones ear pressedup against a contracting muscle.VETERINARIANS: can use this tool to help them locate and assess a muscle related injury.
Our CUROsystem is capable of accurately recording the contractions made by active muscles — no need to shave orprepare the dog.DOG TRAINERS: can use the CURO to better assess a dogs strength, endurance, efficiency andcoordination as well as better identify muscle injuries and follow their recovery.- Simply select the muscles of interest using our app- Rub in our acoustic gel to ensure good acoustic contact with the dogs skin- Place our sensor on the gel- Tape the sensor in place with the bandage provided- Connect the sensor to the CURO- Activate the CURO and establish a WiFi link with our app- Start recording in real-timeThe applications for which the CURO has been tested include:- Muscle imbalance assessment- Muscle wasting assessment- Training tool — with fatigue assessment- Jumping tool — with take-off and landing - Lameness assessmentThe CURO system not only presents muscle sounds in real-time it also provides a real-time balance scoreto enable you to detect muscle imbalances with the aid of our unique ESTi-TM Score.
AMG-measurements are sent to an iPad so you can immediately see how your dogs muscles function.ESTi TM INTERPRETATION: The CURO system is unique in that it measures the number of active fibers(spatial summation; S) and the frequency with which they contract (temporal summation; T) as well as theway in which the Central Nervous System (CNS) recruits and uses the active fibers in a muscle (synchrony/efficiency; E).
It is only by combining the timing aspect of muscle fiber contraction that one can start toassess the synchrony with which the CNS recruits active fibers in a muscle — and in so doing, moreaccurately determine the significance of both the signal amplitude and frequency.E - Efficiency: the E-parameter refers to the period of muscle fiber activity during a recorded period ofexercise — muscle efficiency.
A high score obtained during moderate to high levels of exercise is a sign of avery well trained and highly coordinated / efficient muscle movement.S — Spatial summation: the S-parameter refers to the number of muscle fibers recruited during amovement, as part of exercise or a muscle contraction.
A high score obtained during moderate to highlevels of exercise is a sign of a very well trained and highly coordinated muscle movement.T — Temporal summation: the T-parameter refers to the speed with which muscle fibers are activatedrepeatedly during a movement, as part of exercise or a muscle contraction.
A high score obtained duringmoderate to high levels of exercise is a sign of a very well trained and highly coordinated musclemovement.In addition to these individual scores, the CURO system calculates the ESTi TM Balance for muscle groups— allowing the user to quickly assess muscle imbalances in the body that could give rise to lameness orearly fatigue and muscle soreness.ESTi Balance:± 10% from ZERO = MILD IMBALANCE± 20% from ZERO = MODERATE IMBALANCE> ± 20% from ZERO = SERIOUS IMBALANCE