HOP Lab / Assessments / AM
The Muscular Analysis uses surface electromyography to measure the activity of the main muscle groups while you walk and run. We see which muscles fire, when, and with what symmetry, and we catch compensations before they become complaints.
Surface sensors, no needles or discomfort. The protocol adapts: if you don't run, you walk.
Surface electrodes on the main muscle groups of the lower limbs and trunk, on both sides of the body, so that left and right can be compared.
On the treadmill, you alternate periods of walking and running while the system records the electrical activity of each muscle in real time.
We compare the intensity and timing of each muscle's activation: which ones are working too much, which too little, and which are compensating for which.
The report goes into the HOP platform with our physiotherapist's review: what the patterns mean and what to do in training to correct them.
Which muscles work in each phase of the stride, with measured values that can be compared between sessions.
Activation differences between sides, the most common warning sign before overload complaints.
We don't just hand over charts: we explain the patterns and turn them into concrete corrections for your training.
Tell us what you're feeling, or what you'd like to get ahead of, and we'll suggest a date — usually the same working day. On its own or in a pack with the metabolic assessments.
Each assessed muscle appears with the activation on each side and a colour code: normal, raised or reduced. The symmetry bar summarises the left/right balance when walking and when running, and our physiotherapist explains what the patterns mean.
The corrections go straight into the training plan: unilateral strengthening, technique or mobility, with a reassessment to confirm progress.
Whole body · walking and running
Symmetry
From assessment to plan
No. We use surface electrodes, stuck to the skin like stickers. You only feel the exercise you are doing on the treadmill.
In many cases that is precisely when the test helps most, because it shows the compensations around the pain. It does not replace a medical consultation: if the pain is acute or recent, talk to us first so we can assess the right moment.
Yes. The protocol adapts and can be done walking only. Asymmetries and compensations show up just as well.
The report is on the HOP platform with the physiotherapist's review, and we go through it with you.