title: ECG measurement on a chair without conductive contact.
abstract: For the purpose of long-term, everyday electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring, we present a convenient method of ECG measurement without direct conductive contact with the skin while subjects sat on a chair wearing normal clothes. Measurements were made using electrodes attached to the back of a chair, high-input-impedance amplifiers mounted on the electrodes, and a large ground-plane placed on the chair seat. ECGs were obtained by the presented method for several types of clothing and compared to ECGs obtained from conventional measurement using Ag-AgCl electrodes. Motion artifacts caused by usual desk works were investigated. This study shows the feasibility of the method for long-term, convenient, everyday use.
authors: Biomedical Engineering Department, Seoul National University, Seoul, 100-799 Korea.
authors: Yong Gyu
authors: YG
authors: Lim
authors: Ko Keun
authors: KK
authors: Kim
authors: Kwang Suk
authors: KS
authors: Park