PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a muscular tissue hardness meter capable of performing highly accurate and easy measurement with a simple structure.SOLUTION: The muscular tissue hardness meter for measuring hardness of a living body muscle tissue is provided with: an auxiliary part 26 which is abutted to near a part to be measured of a living body and adds pressure near the part to be measured an abutted part 40 which is abutted to the part to be measured and adds pressure to the part to be measured a first pressure sensor 54 for measuring pressure received by the abutted part 40 and the auxiliary part 26 from the part to be measured and near the part to be measured a second pressure sensor 53 for measuring pressure received by the abutted part 40 from the part to be measured a notification part for notifying a measurement result of the second pressure sensor 53 and a control unit for determining whether or not the measurement result of the first pressure sensor 54 has reached pressure value input in advance and, when it is determined that pressure value has been achieved, having the notification part notify the measurement result of the second pressure sensor 53 at the time of determination.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡易な構成により高精度かつ容易に測定することができる筋組織硬度計を提供すること。【解決手段】生体の筋組織の硬度を測定する筋組織硬度計であって、前記生体の被測定部位の近傍に当接されて前記被測定部位の近傍に圧力を加える補助部26と、前記被測定部位に当接されて前記被測定部位に圧力を加える当接部40と、前記被測定部位及び前記被測定部位の近傍から前記当接部40及び前記補助部26が受ける圧力を測定する第一の圧力センサ54と、前記被測定部位から前記当接部40が受ける圧力を測定する第二の圧力センサ53と、前記第二の圧力センサ53の測定結果を報知する報知部と、前記第一の圧力センサ54の測定結果が予め入力された圧力値に達したか否かを判定し、前記圧力値に達したと判定すると、前記判定したときの前記第二の圧力センサ53の測定結果を前記報知部に報知させる制御部とを備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】図2
