Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University 24巻 2号
1990-03-29 発行
Isayama Yoshiharu
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nakauchi Makoto
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
山本 辰馬
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
A small vibration on the body surface is expected to apply to a clinical examination of the autonomic nervous system. The vibration cannot be found by the naked eyes. It is called a microvibration (MV) or a minor tremor (MT). It is not cleared out why and how the MV occurs, but many papers about its occurrence and clinical application have been published. In this study, the typical spectrum of MV and the various causes of MV occurrence are studied. The relationships of MV with heart rate, muscle contraction and MV are discussed. The power spectrum of MV is obtained by using an autoregressive model.