Biological Information Acquisition Sensor, Biological Information Acquisition Device, And Biological Information Acquisition Method

Abstract

In order to confirm an activity state of a pelvic floor muscle during practice of a pelvic floor muscle exercise, a sensor sheet is attached to a region of an abdomen corresponding to a transverse abdominal muscle, and acquires an electromyogram of the transverse abdominal muscle in which a cooperative contraction with the pelvic floor muscle occurs. Here, even when the transverse abdominal muscle is contracted, the pelvic floor muscle is not necessarily contracted, so that the activity state of the pelvic floor muscle is confirmed by an echo. More specifically, an ultrasound sensor is pressed against the abdomen so that the ultrasound probe is brought into contact with the sensor sheet, and an image (M-mode image) of an ultrasound echo indicating an activity state of a bottom of a bladder that can be regarded as the contraction of the pelvic floor muscle is acquired. An exerciser of pelvic floor muscle training acquires a trick of contracting the pelvic floor muscle, that is, an understanding of which part of the body to focus on and how to direct awareness in order to achieve contraction of the pelvic floor muscle.

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