Medical Xpress March 17, 2023
Getting a massage from a robot may seem like something out of a science fiction story, but it could be a reality in the not-too-distant future. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is looking into the possibility of robotic massage as an answer for patients’ pain relief and alleviating some staffing burdens.
This is EMMA. EMMA stands for expert manipulative massage automation. It’s a robot designed to give a therapeutic form of massage called Tuina.
“Some people call it Chinese massage, but it’s actually a very comprehensive approach that is mostly used for muscle and muscle alignment type issues,” says Dr. Brent Bauer, a general internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is currently studying the use...
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