Effects of a Graphene Heating Device on Fatigue Recovery of Biceps Brachii

Wenming Liu; Xiaohui Jiang; Zhiran Yu; Kai Pang; Jian Wang; Yuxin Peng

doi:10.3390/bioengineering10030381

Effects of a Graphene Heating Device on Fatigue Recovery of Biceps Brachii

Bioengineering (Basel). 2023 Mar 21;10(3):381. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering10030381.

Authors

Wenming Liu¹, Xiaohui Jiang¹, Zhiran Yu², Kai Pang², Jian Wang¹, Yuxin Peng¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sports Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
² The MOF Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.

Abstract

Far-infrared (FIR) is considered to be an ideal method to promote fatigue recovery due to its high permeability and strong radiation. In this paper, we report a flexible and wearable graphene heating device to help fatigue recovery of human exercise by using its high FIR divergence property. This study compares two different fatigue recovery methods, graphene far-infrared heating device hot application and natural recovery, over a 20 min recovery time among the male colleges' exhaustion exercise. Experimental results show that the achieved graphene device holds excellent electro-thermal radiation conversion efficiency of 70% and normal total emissivity of 89%. Moreover, the graphene FIR therapy in our work is more energy-efficient, easy to use, and wearable than traditional fatigue recovery methods. Such an anti-fatigue strategy offers new opportunities for enlarging potential applications of graphene film in body science, athletic training recovery, and wearable devices.

Keywords: far-infrared; fatigue recovery; graphene film; heating device.

Grants and funding

This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2016YFA0200200), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52090030), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LTGY23E050002), Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Major Projects (No. 2018HZ0001-2), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2021FZZX001-17), Zhijiang Youth Project of Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning (No. 22ZJQN14YB), the Key Research and Development Programme of Zhejiang (No. 2023C03196, No. 2022C03148), and Key Laboratory of Novel Adsorption and Separation Materials and Application Technology of Zhejiang Province (512301-I21502).