RU2229278C1 - Method and device for carrying out vibroacoustic recovery massage - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medical engineering; medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves controlling action intensity by arranging components possessing appropriate vibrodistributing and vibrodamping properties between patient body and transducers and/or controlling electric signal voltage at transducer inputs in corresponding mode. The method takes into account the following factors like stressed psychoemotional condition of the patient by means of combined vibroacoustic and photoacoustic action giving psychoemotional relief; stability of arisen areas under stress in the organism with respect to recovery actions by means of vibroacoustic recovery massage and by varying patient body position or position of its parts relative to transducer radiation direction within vibroacoustic massage session and/or course; patient organism addiction to repeated monotonous actions during a vibroacoustic massage session is handled with various recovery products contributing to bring diversity into vibroacoustic treatment and by varying body position or positions of its parts relative to transducer radiation direction within vibroacoustic massage session and/or course; individual psychophysical appreciation of recovery products applied is handled by determining and applying the most effective recovery products on the basis of patient preferences and/or physiological relaxation parameter plots analysis results in sessions; patient trust to vibroacoustic treatment effectiveness and potentialities of psychic power of imagination by attracting patient imagination and/or showing information about positive recovery processes taking place in the organism and/or in human organism in general under vibroacoustic massage treatment to the patient. Special purpose vibroacoustic recovery massage device is to be applied for putting the method in effect. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; full-scale involvement of body parts or the whole body in treatment without foreign assistance needed during a session. 29 cl, 5 dwg

Description

The invention relates to medicine and hygiene, and in particular to methods and devices for the psychophysical rehabilitation of the body and its self-healing forces, relaxation, accelerated relaxation, as well as for therapeutic massage.

Physical injuries, psycho-emotional stress and overstrain violate the basis of health - psychophysical balance, rhythm of processes, circulation of energy and fluids (blood, lymph) in the body, activate stress hormones dangerous for health (adrenaline, cortisol, etc.). Without adequate psychophysical rehabilitation, the consequences of injuries and stresses accumulate in the body and destroy health, forming in the organs and tissues resistant to the forces of self-healing tension areas with impaired blood, lymph flow and metabolism, which is the root cause of the development of various diseases [1, 2, 12] .

The use of vibrating effects can restore the body: increase blood flow, lymph flow and metabolic processes, relieve stress in functional systems, organs and tissues [9].

Compared with other hardware methods for generating and transmitting vibrational vibrations to the user's body, the vibroacoustic method of exposure is simpler in the device, more reliable, it allows you to precisely set and vary the vibration frequencies in wide ranges to restore the circulation of liquids in vessels of various diameters, carries less stressful noise load for the user, allows you to get multivariate and more complex vibration effects on one device.

A known method of vibro-acoustic exposure and device for its implementation [3, 4]. The method consists in applying a membrane of a low-power (0.1-0.2 W) small-sized (up to 5 cm in diameter) vibroacoustic transducer such as a telephone capsule to a local part of the user's body and holding this transducer on the body part for the duration of the exposure session. At the same time, in the massage session, the frequency of the electrical signals arriving at the input of the converter is changed in a predetermined sound range for vessels of various diameters according to the time algorithm embedded in the device [3] or the entire frequency band of the sound range is used based on electrical signals close to the “white noise” spectrum ”, For simultaneous exposure to vessels of various diameters [4].

The specified method and device have the following disadvantages that reduce its effectiveness for relaxation and recovery of the body as a whole:

1. Low-power and small-sized transducers do not simultaneously cover massive and extended parts of the body or the whole body, including the head and limbs, with vessels and tissues throughout their length and throughout the depth, sufficient (for example, preferred) in intensity and depth of propagation by vibrations, which significantly reduces the restoring effectiveness of massage in general for the body.

2. There are significant difficulties in retaining the transducers in parts of the body, which makes it necessary for outside help or muscle tension of the user to hold the transducers during the massage session.

3. The convenience of placing the user in a massage session is not taken into account. Placement causing discomfort - mental and / or physical stress - significantly complicates the process of relaxation and general recovery or makes it impossible, and vibration exposure makes stress-generating factor amplifying discomfort.

4. The vibroacoustic transformer transforms the electrical signals supplied to its input into sound and vibration. At the same time, the unvariant use of primitive form of sound signals quickly causes psychophysical disharmony and tension.

5. The intensity of vibroacoustic effects is not regulated. Exceeding the intensity of vibration of an individual level of comfort can cause stress, a stressful reaction of the body and rejection of vibration massage.

On the other hand, a comfortable, but not sufficient intensity of vibration can cause dissatisfaction with sensations and not fully provide restorative effects.

Different parts of the body have their preferred levels of intensity of vibration, individual for each user. Using only the general level of comfort or preference for vibration effects for the whole body as a whole reduces the efficiency of restoration of individual parts of the body for which the intensity will be insufficient.

The intensity of the vibroacoustic effects of the transducers largely depends on the current nature of the sound signal - the ratio of the amplitudes (energies) of low and high frequencies in the signal. A change in this ratio can lead to a significant increase or decrease in the intensity of vibration effects in the massage session, which can cause, accordingly, stress tension in the user or reduce the recovery efficiency. Therefore, operational regulation of the intensity of impacts is also necessary.

6. At the same time, the preferred loudness of the audible and sufficient tactile-perceived intensity of the vibrational component of the vibroacoustic effect are not ensured. If you increase the voltage of the electrical signals at the input of the Converter to provide the preferred intensity of vibration, this simultaneously increases the volume of the output signals of the Converter. Such an increase in sound volume can exceed the threshold for comfortable perception of the user, which will cause him psychophysical stress or stress.

7. The stressful psycho-emotional state of users before sessions of vibroacoustic massage is not taken into account. Modern life constantly maintains for most people a high level of psycho-emotional stress caused by negative impressions and emotions, especially fear and uncertainty. It suppresses health hormones (beta-endorphins, serotonin) and activates stress hormones (adrenaline, cortisol, etc.), which cause tension of internal organs, vasoconstriction, blood clotting, and deterioration of its quality. All this reduces the effectiveness of restoring blood and lymph circulation in the body.

8. It does not take into account the body’s addiction to the repetition of monotonous (not changing its parameters) effects during a session and a series of vibro-acoustic massage sessions, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of recovery. The body processes after some time from the start of the session or during several subsequent sessions become less susceptible to such effects (adaptation takes place), and then in the subsequent repetition of the same effects can cause discomfort or stress stress.

9. The possibilities of stereo effects are not used to expand the variety of user perception of vibro-acoustic effects.

10. The factor of stability of stress areas arising from stress and injuries with impaired circulation of fluids and metabolism to external influences, including vibroacoustic restorative effects, due to homeostasis and fixing these areas in the body as a forced acquisition, is not taken into account.

11. The individual psychophysical reaction on the scale “harmonizing, relaxing - disharmonious, annoying” to the used sound signals is not taken into account. Because of what, vibroacoustic effects can turn into a stressful factor or not reveal their maximum potential during the rehabilitation of a specific user.

12. In the sessions of vibration massage, the psychological factor of the self-healing and self-healing forces of the human body is not involved - faith in the effectiveness of vibro-acoustic effects and strengthening the regenerative processes of the body by directing the mental energy of the imagination in a state of relaxation [5].

The objective of the invention is to develop a method of vibroacoustic restorative massage and a device for its implementation, which allows to increase the restoring efficiency of vibroacoustic effects on the body as a whole by providing the user with comfortable placement in a massage session while simultaneously covering massive and extended parts of his body or entire body without adjustable help by intensity of vibroacoustic effects, as well as taking into account the following factors: intense psycho user's mental state; the habituation of his body to the repetition of the same effects in rehabilitation sessions; the resistance of the arising areas of tension in the body to restorative effects; individual psycho-emotional perception of used sound signals for vibro-acoustic massage; the user's faith in the effectiveness of vibroacoustic effects; possibilities of directed psychic energy of imagination.

This problem is solved by the fact that in the method of vibroacoustic restorative massage, the following is carried out:

during the massage session, the user is provided with comfortable placement with simultaneous contact of his body with at least one vibro-acoustic transducer and / or at least one component transmitting vibro-acoustic effects to the user's body from at least one vibro-acoustic transducer, and for the formation of effects using sound products that provide psychophysical recovery, and at the same time carry out the regulation of the intensity of the effects;

during the massage session, works in stereo are used, with one transducer or a group of transducers connected to each stereo channel;

at least one solid object is used in the components transmitting vibro-acoustic effects to the user's body, the shape and dimensions of which allow affecting a larger part of the user's body than the working surface of the transducer and / or affecting a part of the body inaccessible to the working surface of the transducer;

it is advisable to regulate the intensity of the impacts separately for each transducer and / or each of their groups, as well as a common regulator for all transducers. Also, the user can control the intensity of vibration effects independently, including with the remote control;

the intensity of the effects is regulated by placing components with appropriate vibration-absorbing and vibration-absorbing properties and / or appropriate voltage regulation of the electrical signals at the inputs of the converters between the user's body and the transducers;

before the session and / or during all or part of the vibro-acoustic massage session, the entire body of the user or its parts are warmed, not exceeding the temperature level comfortable for him;

simultaneously with vibro-acoustic exposure, the user listens to the sound products with volume control over the entire frequency range, and for the formation of influences, low-pass filtering of signals supplied to the input of the transducers is performed, or simultaneously with vibro-acoustic influences, the user listens to sound products with volume control through broadband headphones;

vibro-acoustic massage sessions are carried out no more than 2 times a day, the duration of the session is from 5 to 45 minutes, and the number of sessions in the course is from 2 to 30. In this case, the actual number of sessions in the course is advisable to determine by achieving stable normalization or sustainable improvement of the parameters of the psychophysical state user and / or graphs of changes in the values of at least one measured physiological relaxation parameter (for example, galvanic resistance, skin temperature, electric cars iogrammy, EMG, EEG);

during the session and / or the course of the vibro-acoustic massage sessions, the user changes the position of the body or its parts (for example, lying on his back, on his stomach, on his side) relative to the direction of radiation of at least one transducer, ensuring the comfort of the received positions;

during all or part of the session and / or the course of the vibro-acoustic massage sessions, the user makes intuitive and / or pre-selected movements (exercises);

during the session and / or the course of the vibro-acoustic massage sessions, the user is changed sound works;

a session and / or sessions of a vibro-acoustic massage course are combined in time with a session and / or sessions of light and sound exposure, providing psycho-emotional unloading, providing the ability to synchronize influencing factors;

during all or part of the session and / or the course of the sessions of vibroacoustic massage, the user is prompted to imagine and / or say information about the positive recovery processes occurring in his body and / or the human body in general under the influence of vibroacoustic massage;

during the whole or part of the session and / or the course of massage sessions, the user is presented verbally and / or visually, including using technical means of displaying information, information about the positive recovery processes occurring in his body and / or the human body in general under the influence of vibroacoustic Massage

based on the user's preferences and / or the results of the analysis of the obtained graphs of changes in the values of at least one measured physiological relaxation parameter, at least one test session and / or at least one conducted session determines the optimal parameter values (for example , the duration of the session, the most effective restoring works from the existing music library, body position on the vibro-acoustic massage device; intuitive movements) of subsequent sessions.

The method is carried out by means of a device for vibroacoustic restorative massage.

In one embodiment, this device includes a source of electrical audio signals, an amplifier for stereo audio signals, the input of which is connected to the output of a source of electrical audio signals, means for placing a user in the form of a couch or flooring, part or all of the bearing surface of which consists of at least at least one solid plate transmitting vibroacoustic effects to the user's body, at least one vibroacoustic transducer, rigidly fixed to the inner side of the solid plate and connected to the corresponding stereo output channel of the amplifier, and the control panel and / or remote control of the amplifier with an independent voltage regulator for electrical signals for each stereo output channel and / or a common voltage regulator for stereo output channels.

A vibration-spreading solid plate may be inserted into the device, mounted on the means for accommodating the user and allowing direct contact of its surface with the soles of the feet of the user in a prone position, and at least one vibroacoustic transducer, rigidly fixed to the plate and connected through an amplifier to source of electrical audio signals.

At least one component with corresponding vibration-absorbing and vibration-distributing properties can be installed between the solid plate and the user's body, placed on the tool.

In another embodiment, a device for vibroacoustic restorative massage contains a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, an amplifier of stereo signals of sound frequency, the input of which is connected to the output of a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, means for placing a user in the form of a mattress made of soft elastic material, either whole or consisting of separate parts - pillows and providing a comfortable placement of sections of the user's body, inserted at least one hour the contact surface of the user’s body with the means of the transducer or a vibration-propagating solid plate on which at least one transducer is rigidly fixed from below or which is pressed by the body of the user under the action of the elastic force of the substrate on which the means is located, to the transducer or transducers directly or through other transmitting vibroacoustic effects of the component, with each transducer of the means connected to the corresponding stereo output channel of the amplifier, and the control panel detecting and / or remote control amplifier with independent control of electric signals output voltage for each stereo channel and / or a common voltage regulator for stereo output.

At least one component with corresponding vibration-absorbing and vibration-distributing properties can be installed between the transducer or the solid plate and the user's body placed on the tool.

In both versions of the devices for vibroacoustic restorative massage, it is advisable to introduce a low-pass filter connected between the amplifier and the source of electrical signals of sound frequency, a second amplifier with a voltage regulator of output signals connected to a source of electrical signals, and broadband speakers or headphones connected to the second amplifier or alternatively, introduce a second amplifier with an output voltage regulator connected to an electronic source ble signals and broadband headphones connected to a second amplifier.

In the proposed method, the weight of the user's body or its parts is distributed between the areas of its elastic contact with the transducers and / or components that transmit vibro-acoustic effects to the user's body. Therefore, excited vibroacoustic vibrations of sufficient intensity in each such section cover all parts of the body that have distributed their weight in this section of the contact, and throughout their depth. Those parts of the body that are pressed against the transducers, vibration-distributing and vibration-absorbing components not due to gravity, vibroacoustic effects are transmitted due to the rest force of the user's body at its comfortable placement in the massage session.

The conducted sessions of vibro-acoustic exposure with 37 users weighing up to 90 kg showed that the power of 45 W, realized by the transducer, is sufficient to provide preferred intensity levels of vibration when pressing the transducer case by various parts of the body and using foam rubber vibration-absorbing layers from 2 to 3 cm thick. this users were wearing sportswear.

To achieve the objectives of the invention, vibroacoustic transducers of Clark Synthesis company (England), sufficient in power and vibration intensity, are known. The TST229 model of this company develops a vibration power of 300 N with a constantly maintained power of 50 watts. It has the shape of a cylinder with a diameter of 20 cm and a height of 6 cm. It is connected to the amplifier as a regular loudspeaker, and has an input impedance of 4 ohms. The sound frequency range of the output signals is 35-17000 Hz. Vibrotactile frequency range of output signals 15-800 Hz.

As a reproducing source of restoring sound, sound, music and music, including in stereo, can be, for example, a laser CD player or audio cassette player.

Sound and musical works are known [6, 7], which provide psychophysical recovery - relaxation, energy, harmonization, restoration of health and self-healing forces. Such restorative works provide a wide range of combinations of variation options and frequency ranges of sound signals for vibro-acoustic massage, which increases the likelihood of the user receiving the most effective restorative frequencies for him, in comparison with the primitive algorithm of the device [3]. In addition, the vibro-acoustic effects generated by the transducers in the process of performing these works have a much more complex structure due to the intellectual activity of composers than the generated signals in devices [3, 4], which increases the efficiency of restoration. Since it is known [8] that the more complex the applied effect, the more complex the internal organismal processes it can have an effect.

The sound-sound system of psychoemotional unloading Alpha-Rhythmics (TU 9617-001-80000994-2000) can also act as a source of restoring sound works. The Alpha-Rhythmic system includes light-structured glasses, stereo headphones, a controlled generator of light-sound rhythms and pulsations in the range of 0.5-50 Hz, modulating the tonality of the sound in the range of 40-600 Hz. The reprogrammable memory of the device contains 90 special light-sound programs lasting from 8 to 60 minutes, including 10 programs that provide pronounced tactile vibrations at the main healing frequencies [9]. The system implements stereo effects of “binaural” and “double binaural sound rhythms”.

The distribution of the amplifier’s stereo output channels across various transducers expands the variety of pleasant and exciting sensations for the user in vibro-acoustic massage sessions, providing, for example, such an effect as the sensation of movement of the vibrations through the body, which reduces the user's habituation (adaptation) to vibrations both in the session and in course of vibro-acoustic massage sessions and increases their effectiveness.

The regulation of the intensity of vibration stimulates its individual comfort or preference.

The regulation of the intensity of vibroacoustic effects separately for each transducer and / or for each of their groups ensures its individual comfort or preference in each part of the body that is elastically in contact with the corresponding transducer or group of transducers or vibration-absorbing and vibration-absorbing components that transmit vibration to the body part from this transducer or group of transducers .

Regulation of the intensity of vibrations by a common controller for all converters used allows you to quickly maintain a comfortable or preferred level of intensity of vibrations when changing the nature of the sound signal - the ratio of amplitudes (energies) of low and high frequencies in the signal, as well as quickly adjust the intensity of vibrations to the preferences of another user.

The intensity of vibro-acoustic effects is regulated using (for example, laying, removing) components (for example, foam plates, rollers) with the corresponding vibration-absorbing and vibration-distributing properties between the transducers and the user's body and / or the corresponding regulation (increase - decrease) of the voltage of the electrical signals at the transducer inputs.

The user does not need outside help or physical stress to hold the transducers in a vibro-acoustic massage session, since the vibrations are transmitted due to the gravity of his body or its parts, or due to rest friction. The user's own muscular efforts are minimized by using the remote control, on which he sets the position of the signal voltage regulators at the inputs of the converters: a common regulator - for all converters, separate regulators - for converters in the parts of the body that they affect.

To increase the area of vibration on the user's body from one transducer, at least one solid object that spreads vibration well (for example, in the form of a plate made of solid wood or steel) is used as a part of vibration-propagating and vibration-absorbing components, the shape and dimensions of which allow vibrations to act on a larger portion of the user's body than the shape and dimensions of the working surface of the converter allow, and / or affect a portion of the body inaccessible to the shape and dimensions of eyes transducer surface.

The use of several such solid objects with transducers fixed on them makes it possible to simultaneously cover massive and extended parts of the body or the whole body, including the head and limbs, with vessels throughout their length and throughout the depth of location, sufficient in intensity and depth of propagation by vibration.

Stress and psycho-emotional overstrain, narrowing the peripheral vessels, lower the temperature of the tissues, which complicates the process of recovery of the body. Warming the user's body, for example, by covering with a blanket and / or applying heating pads, dilates blood vessels and reduces the stability of stress areas in the body, which increases the efficiency of restoration of fluid circulation and metabolic processes in the body by vibroacoustic massage.

The sound volume produced by the converter decreases significantly while maintaining the intensity of vibration, when the input electrical signal contains only low frequencies up to 300 Hz, at the same time, this frequency range covers almost all known and widely used in the practice of vibration massage healing vibration frequencies [9]. Therefore, the use of a low-pass filter for the electric signal supplied to the inputs of the converters and the signal in the entire audible frequency range, which is received for listening to the user with the adjustment of the individual level of the preferred volume, allows both the preferred volume of the audible and the preferred intensity of the vibration component of the vibro-acoustic effects.

Another option to provide simultaneous preferred loudness of the audible and preferred intensity of the vibration component of the vibro-acoustic effects is the use of broadband (in the entire audible frequency range) headphones with separate for this adjustment of the individual level of preferred volume. At the same time, the volume of the sound signal generated by the transducers is significantly reduced for the user by wearing headphones over his head, simultaneously with the transducers performing the restoring work.

Using a course of vibro-acoustic massage sessions allows you to overcome the resistance of stress areas in the body to restorative effects.

Determination of the actual number of sessions in the course to achieve sustainable normalization or sustainable improvement of the user's psychophysical state parameters (for example, the color preference test [13, 14], the American Psychological Association DSM-4 mental disorder test and / or the psychophysical state self-assessment questionnaire developed by me (see table)) and / or according to graphs of changes in the values of one or more measured physiological parameters of relaxation [10] (for example, skin-galvanic resistance exudation, skin temperature, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, electroencephalogram) in the conducted sessions of vibroacoustic influences eliminates insufficient situations for the rehabilitation of the number of course sessions originally offered to the user, and also increases the throughput of vibroacoustic massage devices with high recovery efficiency.

The areas of tension in the body with impaired circulation of liquids are heterogeneous and have different resistance to different directions of vibration due to different mutual forces of adhesion of the elements of these areas of stress relative to different directions of exposure (this can explain the presence of different directions of manual massage for effects on the same same parts of the body). Therefore, the user’s change in the position of the body or its parts relative to the direction of radiation of the transducers (for example, lying on his back, on his side, on his stomach) during the session and / or course of the sessions of vibro-acoustic massage allows you to cover different parts of the body with vibration without outside help while changing the direction of vibration which reduces the stability of the stress areas and increases the restoring efficiency of vibroacoustic massage.

During the whole or part of the session and / or the course of the sessions of vibro-acoustic massage, the user makes intuitive and / or pre-selected movements and / or exercises dynamically changes the direction and intensity of vibrations in parts of the body, reducing the stability of the stress areas, and further enhances the circulation of fluids in the vessels of the body, increasing the efficiency of vibration massage.

Performing movements and changing body positions during vibro-acoustic massage sessions also reduces the body’s addiction to vibration effects, providing a variety of their perception.

Determination for the user of at least one test session and / or at least one conducted session of the course of vibroacoustic massage and the use in subsequent sessions of the optimal values of the session parameters (for example, the duration of the session, the most effective restoring products, body positions on the vibroacoustic massage device, intuitive movements) based on the user's preferences and / or analysis results obtained in the sessions of the graphs of changes in the values of one or more The measured physiological parameters of relaxation [10] (for example, skin-galvanic resistance, skin temperature, electrocardiograms, electromyograms, electroencephalograms) eliminates individual stressful factors among the values of the session parameters, reduces the number of session sessions with a simultaneous increase in its restoring effectiveness.

At the same time, those values of the session parameters that maximally satisfy the user's preferences and / or provide the most profound and stable schedule of relaxation - removal of psychophysical stress are considered optimal for the user. User preferences can be either direct preferences, for example, session duration and restorative works, or indirect ones - giving the best positive changes in the test-questionnaires for assessing the psychophysical state (for example, the M. Luscher color preference test, the American mental DSM-4 test) psychological association) conducted before and after vibroacoustic massage sessions. To optimize the values of session parameters, methods of the theory of choice and decision-making, mathematical statistics can be used.

As an example, it is also proposed (see table) a fragment of a questionnaire developed by me for self-assessment of the psychophysical state, which allows one to obtain numerical estimates suitable for processing by mathematical methods. Users are tested before and after vibroacoustic massage sessions.

Changing the user of the restoration works during the session and / or the course of the sessions of vibro-acoustic massage provides a variety of vibro-acoustic effects, eliminates prolonged repetitions of uniform vibro-acoustic effects during the session and in the course of the sessions, which reduce the effectiveness of vibro-acoustic massage due to addiction and cause an increase in the duration and frequency of repetitions discomfort and stress.

The combination of the time of the session and / or sessions of the course of vibro-acoustic massage with the session and / or sessions of light and sound exposure for psycho-emotional discharge allows you to eliminate or significantly reduce [11] the activity of stress hormones (adrenaline, cortisol, etc.) that impede recovery, and significantly increase restoring effectiveness vibroacoustic effects.

The combination of sessions (including the simultaneous implementation) of light-sound and vibro-acoustic effects also provides a much more complex structure of the impact than each of its components, which increases the efficiency of recovery and relaxation. It is known [8] that the more complex the applied effect, the more complex the intraorganismal processes it can have. At the same time, the Alpha-Rhythmic system can act as a source of light-sound effects for psycho-emotional discharge.

Imagination and / or pronunciation by the user and / or presentation to the user during all or part of the session and / or course of the vibro-acoustic massage sessions verbally by ear, using the user's imagination, and / or visually, including using technical means of displaying information, information about positive restoration processes occurring in his body and / or in the human body in general under the influence of vibroacoustic massage, strengthens the user's faith in the effectiveness of vibroacoustic effects, the end It uses and directs psychic energy to physiological recovery processes [5] that occur in the body during a vibroacoustic massage session, enhancing them, which increases overall recovery efficiency.

Both proposed versions of the device for vibro-acoustic massage - in the form of a couch (or flooring) and in the form of a mattress - provide a comfortable horizontal position for the user to restore fluid circulation in the body: lying on your back, on your side or on your stomach. In this position, there is no component of gravity, which creates a counteraction to the flow of fluids in the body through the main vessels, which are located in humans along the body. In addition, the horizontal position is used by nature itself to restore the body during sleep.

The device for vibro-acoustic massage in the form of a mattress is more compact and lighter than the device in the form of a couch and allows you to use various options for its placement: on the floor, bed, upholstered furniture. The mattress composed of separate pillows into which the transducers are inserted has the greatest convenience and ease for carrying and domestic use. These pillows can be used individually for vibro-acoustic massage of various parts of the body.

Accumulated stresses in one of the most physically loaded areas of the body - the ankle region - lead to diseases of the musculoskeletal system of a person, and the main ones used by a person during waking body position - standing and sitting - contribute to the outflow and stagnation of blood in the ankle region under the influence of gravity, besides the same remote from the heart, which leads over time to the expansion of venous vessels and the development of other "congestive" diseases. A vibration-propagating solid plate for vibro-acoustic massage of the soles of the feet in the most optimal position for recovery (taking into account the action of gravity) - horizontal, lying on a couch on your back or stomach - allows you to remove the accumulated stress and restore blood flow in the ankle region.

The invention is illustrated by a description of examples of its specific implementation and drawings, where Figs. 1 and 2 show a view of a couch for vibro-acoustic massage, Fig. 3 is a diagram of a corresponding device, and Figs. 4 and 5 are a view of a mattress for vibro-acoustic massage. The layout of the device for vibro-acoustic massage in the form of a mattress coincides with the layout of the device for vibro-acoustic massage in the form of a couch and therefore is not shown.

The means for vibroacoustic massage in the form of a couch is presented by a top view (Fig. 1) and a front view (Fig. 2). With solid, vibration-propagating plates 1-4, it transmits vibro-acoustic effects to relevant parts of the body: plate 1 - the upper part of the body from the belt; plate 2 - the pelvic and thigh areas; plate 3 - the region of the legs and feet; plate 4 - to the soles of the feet. The plate 10 for section 1 has its own frame 5 and supports 6, the plates 11, 12 for sections 2 and 3 have a common frame 7 and supports 8, the plate 13 for section 4 has a frame 9 fixed to frame 7. The presence of individual plates 10-13 for the corresponding parts of the body allows you to reduce the effect of vibrations from neighboring plates on each such part of the body, which is important when regulating the intensity of the effects. In the top view of the couch (Fig. 1), the internal contours of the plate frames are shown by dashed lines. On the inner side of each plate along its geometric center, one transducer 14-17 is fixed. In the top view (figure 1) of the couch, the invisible contours of the transducers are depicted by circles from dashed lines. On the side of the plates for accommodating the user, vibration-distributing and vibration-absorbing plates 18 of foam rubber 2-3 cm thick are located. The solid plate 13 of section 4 serves to massage the soles of the feet and is fixed to its frame 9 by the side adjacent to the couch on a piano loop (not shown). The plate 13 can lean against the soles of the feet of the user, who is on the couch in the supine position, rotating around the loop. This plate is fixed to its frame 9 by latches (not shown) or can be pressed by the soles of the feet of a user who is on the couch in a supine position. The location of the plate at an angle of 90-105 degrees to the plane of the couch provides a tight pressing of the soles of the feet to the plate without uncomfortable tension in the ankle region in the supine position.

In the diagram (figure 3) of the vibro-acoustic massage device in the form of a couch, the output of the sound source 19 can be connected directly through the switch 21 to the stereo input of the amplifier 22 or through a low-pass filter 20. The four stereo output channels of the amplifier are connected to the corresponding couch converters 14-17.

An amplifier that meets the objectives of the invention can be an amplifier of audio signals “Harmony-001” (TU 6587-001-80000994-2001).

Dimensions 42 × 33 × 12 cm. Power - from a network of 220 V. Power consumption - up to 400 watts. It implements constant continuously adjustable power in the range from 0 to 70 W on each stereo output channel at a load of 4 ohms. It has: 2 stereo inputs of different sensitivity 30 mV and 500 mV; 4 output channels (for a stereo signal - 2 left and 2 right) with separate output voltage regulators for each output; general regulator (decrease-increase) of the voltage of the output signals for all outputs in proportion to the levels set on them by the channel regulators; Built-in switchable low-pass filter with adjustable upper limit in the range of 100-500 Hz. The amplifier provides voltage control at its outputs both from the panel of the case and the cable-type remote control.

The means for vibroacoustic massage in the form of a mattress is represented by a top view (Fig. 4) and a vertical frontal section along the plane AA of the symmetry of the mattress (Fig. 5). In Fig. 5, the transducers 14-16 and the solid, vibration-propagating plates 10-12 are shown uncut, and soft resilient material, such as foam, filling the mattress, is shown in section by inclined hatching. The mattress consists of three pillows: 23 - for massage the upper half of the back (with transducer 14); 24 - for massage of the pelvis and hips (with a transducer 15); 25 - for massage of the legs (with transducer 16). To increase the area of vibration exposure above each transducer 14-16 in the mattress are placed (Fig. 5) solid, well-propagating vibration plates 10-12, on which the transducers are rigidly fixed by their working surface or which are pressed against the working surfaces of the transducers by the weight of the user's body when it is placed on the mattress. In Fig.4, the contours of the plates (in the form of rectangles) and transducers (in the form of circles) are shown by dashed lines. The mattress is placed on an elastic basis, for example, on upholstered furniture or on the floor (not shown).

In the General case, the method using the above devices is implemented as follows. The user in a comfortable lying position is placed on the means for vibro-acoustic massage in the form of a couch (figure 1) or a mattress (figure 4). Include a source of 19 restorative works and begin the performance of the selected work. The vibration-propagating and vibration-absorbing components 18 (for example, foam rubber plates, rollers) and / or voltage regulators at the outputs of the amplifier 22 establish the preferred intensity of vibration received by the user on body parts from the corresponding solid plates 10-13, on which the transducers 14-17 are fixed. If necessary, to provide the user with a preferred volume for performing a restoring piece, turn on the filter 20 and / or put headphones on the user connected to the source of the restoring pieces and set the preferred volume in them.

On the means for vibroacoustic massage in the form of a couch for 37 users, 2 massage sessions were carried out lasting 15-20 minutes. The sessions showed the following recovery efficiency:

the physiological norm of relaxation was achieved and maintained by users: the graphs of changes in the relaxation parameter values (skin-galvanic resistance) for the users' own abilities for relaxation, obtained before each session, were inferior in depth, speed of achievement and stability of maintaining the relaxation state by 5-10 times the graphs relaxation obtained during vibroacoustic massage sessions;

blood pressure and heart rate decreased by 5-10%;

pain symptoms decreased by 30-100%;

significantly (50-100%) improved mood and well-being;

after the sessions, users noted a significant (up to 100%) recovery of internal energy;

two users noted relief from allergic symptoms (the rest did not show them).

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Claims (29)

1. The method of vibroacoustic restorative massage, which consists in vibroacoustic impact on the body, characterized in that during the massage session the user is provided with comfortable placement with simultaneous contact of his body with at least one vibroacoustic transducer and / or at least one a component that transmits vibroacoustic effects to the user's body from at least one vibroacoustic transducer, and sound products are used to form the effects Providing psycho-physical recovery, and wherein the regulation is carried out influences the intensity. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the products are used in stereo form, with one converter or a group of converters connected to each stereo channel. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the composition of the components transmitting vibro-acoustic effects to the user's body, at least one solid object is used, the shape and dimensions of which allow affecting a larger portion of the user's body than the working surface of the transducer and / or act on a part of the body inaccessible to the working surface of the transducer. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the intensity of the effects is regulated separately for each Converter and / or each group of converters. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the intensity of the effects is regulated by a common regulator for all converters. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the user independently controls the intensity of the impact. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the intensity of the effects is controlled by placing components with appropriate vibration-absorbing and vibration-absorbing properties and / or corresponding voltage regulation of the electrical signals at the inputs of the converters between the user's body and the transducers. 8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that before the session and / or during the whole or part of the session, the entire body of the user or its parts are warmed, not exceeding the temperature level comfortable for him. 9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at the same time as the vibroacoustic effect, the user listens to the sound products in the entire frequency range, and to generate the effects, low-pass filtering of the signals supplied to the input of the converters is performed. 10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at the same time as the vibro-acoustic impact, the user listens to the sound products through the broadband head phones with adjustable volume. 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the sessions are carried out no more than 2 times a day, the duration of the session is at least 5 minutes, and the number of sessions in the course is at least 2. 12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the number of sessions in the course is determined by achieving sustainable normalization or sustainable improvement of the parameters of the user's psychophysical state and / or graphs of changes in the values of at least one measured physiological relaxation parameter. 13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that during the session and / or course of the sessions, the user changes the position of the body or its parts relative to the direction of radiation of at least one transducer, ensuring the comfort of the received positions. 14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that during the whole or part of the session and / or course of the sessions, the user makes intuitive and / or pre-selected movements. 15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that during the session and / or course of the sessions the sound works are changed. 16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the session and / or sessions of the vibro-acoustic massage course are combined in time with the session and / or sessions of light and sound exposure, providing psycho-emotional discharge. 17. The method according to clause 16, wherein the synchronization of influencing factors. 18. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that during the whole or part of the session and / or course of massage sessions, the user is prompted to imagine and / or say information about the positive recovery processes occurring in his body and / or human body generally under the influence of vibroacoustic massage. 19. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that during the whole or part of the session and / or course of massage sessions, the user is presented verbally and / or visually, including using technical means of displaying information, information about positive recovery processes occurring in his body and / or the human body in general under the influence of vibroacoustic massage. 20. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that, based on the preferences of the user and / or the results of the analysis of the obtained graphs of changes in the values of at least one measured physiological relaxation parameter, at least one test session and / or at least one conducted session determines the optimal parameter values of subsequent sessions. 21. A device for vibroacoustic restorative massage containing a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, an amplifier for stereo signals of sound frequency, the input of which is connected to the output of a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, means for placing the user in the form of a couch or flooring, which part or all of the bearing surface consists of, at least one solid plate transmitting vibroacoustic effects to the user's body, at least one vibroacoustic transducer Tel rigidly mounted on the inner side of the solid plate and connected to the corresponding output a stereo amplifier, and a control panel and / or remote control amplifier with independent voltage regulator electric output signal for each stereo channel and / or a common voltage regulator for stereo output. 22. The device according to item 21, characterized in that a vibration-propagating solid plate is introduced, mounted on the means for accommodating the user and allowing direct contact of its surface with the soles of the feet of the user in the supine position, and at least one vibroacoustic transducer, rigidly mounted on a plate and through an amplifier connected to a source of electrical signals of sound frequency. 23. The device according to item 21, characterized in that between the solid plate and the user's body, placed on the tool, at least one component with the corresponding vibration-absorbing and vibration-propagating properties is installed. 24. The device according to any one of paragraphs.21-23, characterized in that the low-pass filter is inserted, included between the amplifier and the source of electrical signals of sound frequency, the second amplifier with a voltage regulator of the output signals connected to the source of electrical signals, and broadband speakers or head Phones connected to a second amplifier. 25. The device according to any one of paragraphs.21-23, characterized in that a second amplifier is introduced with an output voltage regulator connected to a source of electrical signals, and broadband headphones connected to the second amplifier. 26. Device for vibroacoustic restorative massage, containing a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, an amplifier for stereo signals of sound frequency, the input of which is connected to the output of a source of electrical signals of sound frequency, means for placing a user in the form of a mattress made of soft elastic material integral or consisting of separate parts of pillows and providing comfortable placement of sections of the body of the user, inserted in at least one contact area t ate the user with the means of the transducer or the vibration-propagating solid plate, on which at least one transducer is rigidly fixed below, or which is pressed by the user's body under the action of the elastic force of the base on which the means is located, to the transducer or transducers directly or through other vibroacoustic transmitting exposure to the components, each converter of the means connected to the corresponding stereo output channel of the amplifier, and a control panel and / or ult remote amplifier with independent control voltage regulator electric output signal for each stereo channel and / or a common voltage regulator for stereo output. 27. The device according to p. 26, characterized in that between the transducer or solid plate, and the user's body, placed on the tool, at least one component with the corresponding vibration-absorbing and vibration-distributing properties. 28. The device according to any one of paragraphs.26 and 27, characterized in that a low-pass filter is inserted, connected between the amplifier and the source of electrical signals of sound frequency, a second amplifier with a voltage regulator of output signals connected to the source of electrical signals, and broadband speakers or head Phones connected to a second amplifier. 29. The device according to any one of paragraphs.26 and 27, characterized in that a second amplifier is introduced with an output voltage regulator connected to a source of electrical signals, and broadband headphones connected to the second amplifier.

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