PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage chair capable of reproducing a massage similar to the treatment by a finger pressure therapist, specifically the massage chair in which the position of a treatment element can be feely controlled according to the physique of a person to be treated, and which can control the strength of the massage continuously by a treatment signal.SOLUTION: A massage chair having a seat part, a backrest part, and an armrest part includes a pair of treatment element units for a back massage that can be moved vertically and horizontally in the backrest part, and a pair of treatment element units for a shoulder massage that can be moved to the positions of the two shoulders of the person to be treated. The treatment element units for a back massage and the treatment element units for a shoulder massage have a treatment element, the treatment element incorporating a strain gauge sensor.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】指圧師からの施療に近いマッサージを再現し得るマッサージ椅子を提供する。具体的には、施療子の位置を被施療者の体格に応じて自在に制御し、施療信号によって連続的にマッサージの強度を制御できるマッサージ椅子を提供する。【解決手段】座部と、背もたれ部と、肘掛部とを有するマッサージ椅子であって、背もたれ部に上下及び左右に移動可能な対の背中マッサージ用施療子ユニットと、被施療者の両肩位置に移動可能な対の肩マッサージ用施療子ユニットと、を有し、背中マッサージ用施療子ユニットと肩マッサージ用施療子ユニットとは施療子を有し、当該施療子は歪ゲージセンサーを内蔵していること、を特徴とするマッサージ椅子。【選択図】図4
