title: Development of a small wireless device for perspiration monitoring.
abstract: A small and wireless device that can capture the temporal pattern of perspiration by a novel structure of water vapor collection combined with reusable desiccant has been developed. The novel device consists of a small cylindrical case with a temperature/relative humidity sensor, battery-driven data logger, and silica gel (desiccant). Water vapor of perspiration was detected by the change in relative humidity and then adsorbed by silica gel, allowing continuous recording of perspiration within a closed and wireless chamber, which has not been previously achieved. By comparative experiments using the commercially-available perspiration monitoring device, the developed device could measure perspiration as efficiently as the conventional one, with a normalized cross coefficient of 0.738 with 6 s delay and the interclass correlation coefficient [ICC(2, 1)] of 0.84. These results imply a good agreement between the conventional and developed devices, and thus suggest the applicability of the developed device for perspiration monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Wellness Promotion Science Center, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, 5-11-80 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0942, Japan. Electronic address: kazuhiro@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogai
authors.affiliation: Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1192, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, 5-11-80 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0942, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Asanogawa General Hospital, Naka 83, Kosaka-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8621, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchide
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, 5-11-80 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0942, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nemoto
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013546:Sweating; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013696:Temperature; D014835:Volatilization; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: Emotional sweating; Perspiration monitoring; Sympathetic activity