Computerized plotting of low skin impedance points.
The distribution of low skin impedance points (LSIP) was studied on 68 subjects with a computer system designed for the measurement of skin impedance. The results demonstrated that LSIPs were basically distributed along the 14 channels, the overwhelming majority located right on or within 5 mm bilaterally to their courses. LSIPs were found in the area between every two channels only in a few cases. Moreover, there was no marked natural fluctuation of skin impedance in the human body and the distribution of LSIPs was considerably stable, which could be plotted on any day in the experiment. It is clear that such particular distribution of LSIPs along channels was really a biological phenomenon, not an experimental error. However, the distribution of low skin impedance was not an uninterrupted solid line but a series of LSIPs basically along the channel course. The method used in this work was accurate, reliable and repeatable which has upgraded the measurement of LSIPs to a new level. Under certain conditions, skin impedance can be used as an objective index in channel research.
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Fujian Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou.
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Huang
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Xu
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D000328:Adult; D004566:Electrodes; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena