TY - GEN
T1 - Similarity evaluation of multiple muscles hardness change due to static stretching using wearable indentation testers
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2017
AU - Okamura, Naomi
AU - Kobayashi, Yo
AU - Fujie, Masakatsu G.
AU - Sugano, Shigeki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Program for Leading Graduate Schools, “Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan and the Institute of Advanced Active Aging Research, Organization for University Research Initiatives, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - Muscle hardness measurement has substantial potential for treating muscular dysfunction. Measures of muscle hardness at particular sites are used as indices of injury prevention, injury diagnosis and recovery maintenance in the field of rehabilitation and sports medicine. Muscle hardness has traditionally been measured at a single time point, such as before and after treatment. However, continuous measurement at multiple sites during exercise could provide valuable information for treating muscle conditions. In the current study, we examined muscle hardness using wearable indentation testers. In a pilot experiment, we measured changes in muscle hardness at several points during static stretching, and examined the similarity of the effect for decreasing muscle hardness at multiple sites.
AB - Muscle hardness measurement has substantial potential for treating muscular dysfunction. Measures of muscle hardness at particular sites are used as indices of injury prevention, injury diagnosis and recovery maintenance in the field of rehabilitation and sports medicine. Muscle hardness has traditionally been measured at a single time point, such as before and after treatment. However, continuous measurement at multiple sites during exercise could provide valuable information for treating muscle conditions. In the current study, we examined muscle hardness using wearable indentation testers. In a pilot experiment, we measured changes in muscle hardness at several points during static stretching, and examined the similarity of the effect for decreasing muscle hardness at multiple sites.
KW - muscle hardness measurement
KW - rehabilitation technology
KW - wearable sensing
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U2 - 10.1109/CBS.2017.8266097
DO - 10.1109/CBS.2017.8266097
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050570493
T3 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2017
SP - 18
EP - 23
BT - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 17 October 2017 through 19 October 2017
ER -