TRIGGER POINT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PAIN PATIENT'S BY ELECTRIC DERMAL RESPONSE MEASURING SIGNAL AND APPLIED PRESSURE STIMULATION SIGNAL USING ALGOMETRY

摘要

The present invention provides a system and a method to detect a pain trigger point of a patient with pain based on measurement of a skin electric activity signal and a pressure stimulation signal applied using an algometry system. According to the system and method to detect the pain trigger point of a patient with pain based on measurement of the skin electric activity signal and the pressure stimulation signal applied using the algometry system; the algometry system is disposed on a body portion estimated as a pain trigger point of a patient with pain, a series of pressure stimulation values applied by the algometry system are measured in real time while applying a pressure stimulation to a threshold value which the patient cannot endure, a skin electric activity signal measuring sensor attached to a body portion where sweat glands (portions secreting sweat) are distributed such as the palm, the armpit, and the sole, to measure the skin electric activity signal (a signal measured by a skin electric activity signal measuring sensor; activity potential generated on a target body portion transmitted to a skin electric activity signal measurement body portion which is a body portion where sweat glands are distributed through a sensory nervous system in accordance to a pressure stimulation intensity applied by the algometry system), and a morphological change aspect of the skin electric activity signal displayed or analyzed during a measurement time by a pressure and skin electric activity measuring and analyzing device which receives and stores the measured skin electric activity signal, and a series of pressure stimulation values applied by the algometry system; thereby detecting a pain trigger point of the patient.