Title :
Continuous measurement of sweat electrolyte quantity to evaluate mental stress
Author :
Shamsuddin, A.K.M. ; Togawa, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Med. & Dental Eng., Tokyo Med. & Dental Univ., Japan
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
A novel method for continuous measurement of sweat was proposed based on electric measurement using a pure-water-perfusing chamber. To identify mental stress, consecutive and simultaneous measurement of sweat conductivity, sweat rate and heart rate were performed in different situations. The results showed positive indications of occurrence of mental stress
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; electric admittance measurement; electrolytes; psychology; continuous measurement method; heart rate; mental stress evaluation; pure-water-perfusing chamber; sweat conductivity; sweat electrolyte quantity; sweat rate; Conductivity measurement; Dentistry; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Human factors; Monitoring; Skin; Stress measurement; Switches; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656835
