Table 3.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Particular Methods of Neuromuscular Transmission Monitoring

	Mechanomyography	Compressomyography	Acceleromyography	Electromyography	Kinemyography	Phonomyography
Advantages	Precise recordings	Has permanently built in electrodes, allows patients to move freely, obtains two measurements using one device, has a large monitor screen	Easier to use in clinical settings Quick calibration Allows patients to move freely Available for use in neonatology	Good correlation with MMG Does not require preload and patient immobility Allows patients to move freely Can measure different muscle groups Simple to use	Allows patient to move upper limb as long as thumb is immobile Available in clinical practice Available for use in pediatric patients Contains alarm mode settings	Clear and simple reading Non-invasive Can monitor different muscle groups simultaneously Good correlation between MMG, EMG and AMG
Disadvantages	Slow performance, limited to adductor pollicis mm, lack of precision, device production has been discontinued	Price, small prevalence, limited research	The need to eliminate the gravity force After calibration, the TOF can reach >100%	Susceptible to interference Can be altered due to temperature Cost of 5 electrodes	Few studies have been carried out Suspected to have good correlation between KMG and MMG Only adductor pollicis muscle can be monitored	Still under research No clinical use