The collaboration between Blautic and the CLIDET research group (Clinimetrics and Technological Development in Therapeutic Exercise) at the University of Valencia is a clear example of how synergy between a technology company and a university can generate real advances in digital health. Beyond academic research, this alliance reflects a growing market need: having technological partners capable of transforming scientific knowledge into functional, measurable, and transferable solutions.
The collaboration is built on a shared vision: integrating advanced technology and scientific rigor to improve the assessment and monitoring of therapeutic interventions. In this article, we not only present the ongoing projects, but also the practical value that our technology brings to potential collaborators in the e-health field.
1. What is electromyography or EMG?
To understand the scope of our technology, it is key to first answer a basic question: what is electromyography? Electromyography (EMG) is a technique that records the electrical activity generated by muscles when they contract. Every bodily movement involves electrical signals that EMG captures and converts into interpretable digital data.
At Blautic, we specialize in surface electromyography, a non-invasive modality that uses sensors attached to the skin. It is a painless, portable, and precise technology, suitable for clinical, home-based, and applied research environments.
For our partners, this means being able to transform subjective variables—such as perceived effort or pain—into objective, quantifiable information that can be visualized in real time. This ability to objectify the invisible is the foundation of our technological proposal.
2. Electromyography applied to low back pain
Low back pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. In this context, Blautic collaborates on a clinical study focused on patients with this condition, whose objective is to compare a home-based therapeutic exercise program supported by telerehabilitation with a traditional paper-based program. The trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
In this context, EMG has been used to improve system usability and validate exercise execution. Our technology makes it possible to:
- Monitor real activation: Confirm that lumbar and abdominal muscles are working at the prescribed intensity.
- Biofeedback: The pacient or therapist can see in the application whether the exercise is effective.
- Clinical validation: Complement clinical outcomes of functional disability with objective data on movement quality.
For a collaborator, this use case illustrates how our devices transform a “blind” home-based treatment into a monitored and safe process. You can consult the official announcement of this collaboration on the University of Valencia website.
3. EMG in shoulder pain and rotator cuff
The collaboration is expanded with a second study, currently in the recruitment phase, focused on individuals with shoulder pain associated with rotator cuff pain. The trial, approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Valencia, analyzes the effects of exercise-induced hypoalgesia through different blood flow restriction (BFR) protocols.
The study compares four combinations of intensity and occlusion, evaluating variables such as pain, exercise tolerance, and surface electromyography. EMG is used to analyze the recruitment of key muscles such as the middle deltoid, infraspinatus, teres minor, and trapezius.
The usefulness of EMG in this context is clear: it helps control compensatory movements, which are common in shoulder pain, and also provides a neuromuscular understanding of each BFR protocol.
This project demonstrates the robustness, sensitivity, and validity of Blautic’s technology for high-level university research.
4. EMG as a tool for technology transfer
At this point, it is crucial to address the question that any company or research center asks when seeking a partner: Who are we, and what specific technology can we contribute to your project?
At Blautic, we are not mere hardware providers; we act as facilitators of technology transfer. We know that many brilliant ideas in the health field remain in the laboratory due to a lack of tools that make them market-viable.
Our contribution to potential partners is based on three fundamental pillars:
- Adaptable hardware: wireless, lightweight EMG sensors designed for use outside the laboratory.
- Software ecosystem: applications for data capture and management, with a flexible architecture for different use cases.
- Technical and conceptual support: we help define what to measure and how to do it, aligning clinical practice, engineering, and business.
Blautic provides the technological framework so that our collaborators can focus on their expertise, with the assurance that muscle measurement is reliable and validated.
5. Electromyography-based telerehabilitation
Telerehabilitation is evolving toward models based on objective data. Surface electromyography provides the information that many digital platforms need to validate remote treatments, especially in conditions such as low back pain or shoulder pain.
Thanks to EMG, rehabilitation no longer relies solely on the patient’s subjective perception and is instead supported by real metrics of muscle activation and coordination.
The collaboration between Blautic and CLIDET represents a model of cooperation between research and technological development applied to health. This experience shows how integrating electromyography into telerehabilitation environments can deliver real value to digital health solutions based on objective measurement of human movement.