An observational study in Healthy Individuals and Skin Electrical Potential, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital. Suspended at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-03-07.
Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital · Observational
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of skin thickness, skin moisture, and sweat gland density on Scanning Kelvin Probe measurements.
The Scanning Kelvin Probe measures the electrical potential of material surfaces without actually touching it. Although this technology has been applied to non-living materials (e.g. metal and semiconductors) before, it has not been effectively applied to biological materials, much less to live human skin . This project aims to evaluate the use of Scanning Kelvin Probe to live human skin by investigating the effects of skin thickness, skin moisture, and sweat glands on Kelvin Probe measurements of electrical potential. Testing will be performed on the arms and hands of twenty four healthy individuals under different study conditions.
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Healthy Volunteers
Exclusion Criteria:
Human subjects without chronic medical conditions, defined as conditions requiring chronic medication use.
Other: Skin Moistening, Skin Denuding
Application of normal saline to skin and Tape stripping of the superficial skin
Surface Electrical Potential
The electrical potential of skin obtained from the Scanning Kelvin Probe
Time frame: 1 day
Electrical Impedance
Electrical impedance (measurement) obtained through another, more conventional measurement device.
Time frame: One day
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