Title :
Smart Massage Patch
Author :
Lorzadeh, Firouzeh ; Kaminska, Bozena
Author_Institution :
Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby
Abstract :
A massage was once considered to be a luxury. However, this has changed in today´s stressful life. Massages are now considered to be pain reliving and therapeutic procedures. There are many different disciplines within massage theory ranging from sports massage to deep tissue massage. The main goal of the project is to emulate the physiological characteristics of massage -i.e. provide to a human body controlled heat, vibration and electric pulses. Described herein is a model of a Smart Massage Patch.
Keywords :
biological tissues; medical control systems; physiology; massage theory ranging; pain reliving; physiological characteristics; smart massage patch; sports massage; therapeutic procedures; tissue massage; Biological system modeling; Blood vessels; Communication system control; Fabrics; Humans; Muscles; Pain; Resistance heating; Temperature control; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1020-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2007.58
