A Study on The Feasibility of Combining Acupressure with Knee-brace-An Example for Soothing The Pain of Patellar Tendinopathy

• Main Authors: Shu-Xian Su, 蘇書賢
• Other Authors: YUNG-TSAN JOU
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e483g7

碩士 === 中原大學 === 工業與系統工程研究所 === 104 === The knee is the largest and the most complex joints in human body, and it stands several times of body weights while walking and jumping. Therefore, the knee is frequently injured. One of the common injuries is patellar tendinopathy, which often makes athletes and people with over usage suffer from it. The knee cannot be normally used as it injured, and sufferers often choose knee-brace to protect their knees. The major functionalities of current knee-brace products in current market are to assist and support the knees, but soothe the pain of injury. This study attempts to design a acupressure plate with knee-brace to press the acupuncture points of knees, so that soothe the pain. The research sample is the sufferer of patellar tendinopathy who is used to exercising. The EMG is adopted to measure the situations of moving knees and to discuss the differences from before and after acupressure. The findings show that the developing knee-brace in this study can soothe the pain of injured knee.