Stable Measurement of Blood Flow while Running Using a Micro Blood Flowmeter

Wataru Iwasaki, Masaki Nakamura, Takeshi Gotanda, Satoshi Takeuchi, Masutaka Furue, Eiji Higurashi, Renshi Sawada

2013

Abstract

Skin blood flow during exercise has been studied before, with measurements made using laser Doppler blood flowmeters; however, their use was limited to activities with minimal motion, such as riding bicycle ergometers, because conventional devices are large and their measurements easily altered by movements of the optical fiber, rendering them inappropriate for running. We have previously developed a micro integrated laser Doppler blood flowmeter using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The micro blood flowmeter is wearable and can measure signal stably even while the wearer is moving. We monitored skin blood flow during running at velocities of 6 km/h, 8 km/h, and 10 km/h, and were successful in measuring a stable signal under these conditions. We found that at the forehead the skin blood flow increases and, in contrast, at the fingertip it initially decreases during running. We also found that the level of these increases and decreases correlated with the running velocity.

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Iwasaki W., Nakamura M., Gotanda T., Takeuchi S., Furue M., Higurashi E. and Sawada R. (2013). Stable Measurement of Blood Flow while Running Using a Micro Blood Flowmeter . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-36-5, pages 30-37. DOI: 10.5220/0004196600300037


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@conference{biosignals13,
author={Wataru Iwasaki and Masaki Nakamura and Takeshi Gotanda and Satoshi Takeuchi and Masutaka Furue and Eiji Higurashi and Renshi Sawada},
title={Stable Measurement of Blood Flow while Running Using a Micro Blood Flowmeter},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={30-37},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004196600300037},
isbn={978-989-8565-36-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013)
TI - Stable Measurement of Blood Flow while Running Using a Micro Blood Flowmeter
SN - 978-989-8565-36-5
AU - Iwasaki W.
AU - Nakamura M.
AU - Gotanda T.
AU - Takeuchi S.
AU - Furue M.
AU - Higurashi E.
AU - Sawada R.
PY - 2013
SP - 30
EP - 37
DO - 10.5220/0004196600300037