PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly chair-type massager capable of preventing the occurrence of discomfort and tightness without requesting troublesome operations to a person to be massaged, and to provide an economical chair-type massager which eliminated uselessness.SOLUTION: The chair-type massager 1 is provided with: a backrest 10 sidewalls 14 provided on both right and left sides of the back rest 10 a seat 11 arm rests 13 provided on both sides of the seat 11 body side massagers 34 on the inner surfaces of the sidewalls 14 and forearm massagers 33 at the arm rests 13. The massager 1 comprises forearm placing surfaces 131 at the upper parts of the arm rests 13. The forearm placing surfaces 131 are provided with detection means 4 for detecting contact in areas from the placed elbows through to the finger tips of the person to be massaged. The detection means 4 performs control of changing the massage content of the body side massagers 34 and the forearm massagers 33 corresponding to the detected contact of the areas from the elbows through to the finger tips of the person to be massaged.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】被施療者に煩雑な操作を要請することなく、不快感・窮屈感の発生を防止できる利便性の高い椅子式マッサージ機を提供すると共に、無駄を省いた経済的な椅子式マッサージ機を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】背凭れ部10と、背凭れ部10の左右両側に設けられた側壁部14と、座部11と、座部11両側に設けられた肘掛部13を有し、前記側壁部14の内側面に体側部施療体34と、前記肘掛部13に前腕部施療体33を備えた椅子式マッサージ機1であって、該肘掛部13の上部に前腕部載置面131を有し、前記前腕部載置面131に、載置した被施療者の肘から指先にかけた領域の接触を検知するための検知手段4を設け、前記検知手段4により、検知した被施療者の肘から指先にかけた領域の接触に対応して、体側部施療体34および前腕部施療体33の施療内容を変更する制御を行う椅子式マッサージ機。【選択図】図1
