The Studies Of Outdoor Low-Back Massager Improved Design For The Elderly

With the acceleration of aged tendency of population and the improvement of people’s living standards, health problems in the elderly population are a growing concern in China. In daily life, low-back pain which many patients suffer from is a very common symptom in the elderly. According to the latest studies, there are many causes lead to low-back pain. In the physiological level, the musculoskeletal degenerative changes and musculoskeletal degenerative changes of aged people are the roots of the pain; in the psychological level, problems like emotional communication disorder, anxiety and depression exacerbate the feelings of pain.To enhance people’s physical quality, outdoor fitness programs are promoted to cities and rural areas. As a back-caring equipment, outdoor back massager can effectively deal with the low-back pain problems of the elderly. But there are still many problems needs to be improved in ergonomics and health performance.The research is about the design of outdoor low-back massager for elderly. On one hand, by analyzing the human-machine relationship of existing outdoor low-back massager, it summed up the key factors to solve the existing problems. Combined with the principles of Meridian Science in traditional Chinese medicine and the flexible institutions, the research radically improves the function of massager. On the other hand, with in-depth analysis of social psychosocial factors causing low back pain of the elderly, psychological interventions are applied to the specific massager design. It has positive guiding significance to improve other outdoor fitness equipment in the future.