Digital-Insole: An Interactive System of Foot Acupoint Physiotherapy for Office Workers

Abstract

the pace of life and work is accelerating, and urban office workers are constantly affected by various rich and noble diseases, chronic diseases and civilized diseases. In order to prevent and treat some chronic diseases such as self-discomfort, fatigue, sluggish response, reduced vitality and adaptability, often in a state of anxiety, some dysfunctional diseases such as pain, poor blood supply and insomnia, and help office workers regulate the human endogenous system and accelerate blood circulation, this paper designs and develops an interactive system based on the plantar massage therapy in traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy, It is named digital insole. The system consists of a pair of insoles with massage effect, external rechargeable battery hardware and an application program. In the application process of the system, the insole hardware and application program will give real-time data feedback according to the user’s massage duration, massage frequency, massage strength, massage acupoints and problem disease monitoring and other related actions and functions. in addition, the application will also display the relevant information of plantar acupoints, meridians and massage energy levels in the user’s use. We also conducted a preliminary user test of the digital insulin interactive system. The results showed that users showed high recognition in the process of participating in the design and use of the system, and paid more attention to the importance of plantar massage and their own health problems.