Glove-type massage feature acquisition by human organ simulators: Feasibility and comparison

• Published in: Signal processing. Image communication 2020-05, Vol.84, p.115815, Article 115815
• Main Authors: Liu, Jiangting, Wang, Bing, Zhang, Yingying, Chen, Jun, Fang, Fang, Li, Zhenyang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal cavity simulator; Data processing; Displacement; Feasibility studies; Human body; Human organ simulator; Information acquisition; Internal pressure; Massage technique; Simulation; Simulators; Soft tissues; Stiffness; Thoracic cavity simulator
• ISSN: 0923-5965; 1879-2677
• DOI: 10.1016/j.image.2020.115815

In this work, we explore the feasibility and rationality of the glove-type massage information acquisition system combined with the pneumatic human organ simulator in the traditional massage context. We proposed the glove-type massage information acquisition system and the pneumatic human organ simulator to compare and analyze the effectiveness of the compression displacement, stiffness, and pressure relationship diagram on the thoracic cavity simulator, abdominal cavity simulator, and soft tissue simulator. Besides, the curves of the simulators as well as the human body massage experiment were reported to evaluate the feasibility and rationality of the glove-type massage feature acquisition system combined with the human organ simulators. Comprehensive experiments have shown that keeping the internal pressures of the thoracic cavity/abdominal cavity simulator constant. If the compression displacement was less than 7 mm, the compression displacement will increase, and the stiffness will also increase. If the compression displacement was greater than 7 mm as the compression displacement increased, the stiffness will change slightly. This can keep the compression displacement of the thoracic cavity/abdominal cavity simulator constant, as the internal pressures will increase simultaneously. The simulation curve of the soft tissue simulator was similar to the experimental curve. The larger the pressure value is, the larger the compression displacement will achieved. The glove-type massage information acquisition system is combined with the pneumatic human organ simulators. The compression displacement of the back and the waist—the experimental curve of the pressure value were highly similar to the trends of the human body massage’s experiment curve. In summary, the thoracic cavity/abdominal cavity simulators can effectively simulate the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity of the human body. The soft tissue simulator can effectively simulate the soft tissues of the waist and back of the human body. Lastly, we observe that the glove-type massage information acquisition system combined with the pneumatic human organ simulators was feasible and reasonable. •We explore the feasibility and rationality of the glove-type massage information acquisition system.•We proposed the glove-type massage acquisition system and the pneumatic human organ simulator to compare and analyze the effectiveness of the compression displacement, stiffness, and pressure relationship.