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2019-03-10 16:40
Development of a wireless tactile measurement application and its usage in foot sensory examination Yoshihiro Nomura (Univ. of Tsukuba/AIST), Manabu Chikai (AIST), Kouki Doi (NISE), Kiyohiko Nunokawa (TIU/Univ. of Tsukuba), Noriyo Takahashi (Tokuyukai Rehabilitation Clinic), Shuichi Ino (AIST/Univ. of Tsukuba) WIT2018-85 |
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In this study, a novel wireless tactile measurement application is proposed that can perform early detection of decrease in tactile sensitivity caused by diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The proposed tactile measurement application can work efficiently on a digital tablet operated by a patient or a medical examiner at the clinic. The proposed tactile measurement application presents skin stretch stimuli in a direction tangential to the plantar skin surface and thereby stores the data associated with participants’ detection of each stimulus. To evaluate the performance and functioning of the proposed tactile measurement application, a feasibility experiment was conducted for measuring the tactile sensitivity of the plantar foot skin of ten healthy participants. Tactile sensitivity and hardness of the plantar foot skin of the ten participants were also measured by employing conventional Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments and a muscle durometer, respectively. Based on the said measurements, the relationship between tactile sensitivity and hardness of the plantar foot skin is also discussed in this study. |
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Tactile Sensitivity / Foot / Hardness of the Skin / Lateral Skin Stretch / Diabetic Neuropathy / Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 118, no. 491, WIT2018-85, pp. 177-181, March 2019. |
Paper # |
WIT2018-85 |
Date of Issue |
2019-03-01 (WIT) |
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Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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