Device and method to measure mechanical properties of hindfoot plantar tissue

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for measuring mechanical property values of the hindfoot soft tissue. The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring a mechanical property of a hindfoot soft tissue, wherein a skin layer and a fat layer of a hind foot of a human body are assumed to be superelastic materials and the mechanical properties of the skin layer and the fat layer are measured. A sensor member that receives power from the drive unit and moves in the Z axis direction and presses the hindfoot soft tissue at at least two positions of the hind part and measures a load; And an image acquiring member coupled to a distal end of the sensor member and acquiring an ultrasound image of the hindfoot soft tissue to measure thickness of the skin layer and the fat layer.