Developing novel temperature sensing garments for health monitoring applications

Lugoda, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5959-9500, Hughes-Riley, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-430X, Oliveira, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-3534, Morris, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-3457 and Dias, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-0398, 2018. Developing novel temperature sensing garments for health monitoring applications. Fibers, 6 (3): 46. ISSN 2079-6439

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Abstract

Embedding temperature sensors within textiles provides an easy method for measuring skin temperature. Skin temperature measurements are an important parameter for a variety of health monitoring applications, where changes in temperature can indicate changes in health. This work uses a temperature sensing yarn, which was fully characterized in previous work, to create a series of temperature sensing garments: armbands, a glove, and a sock. The purpose of this work was to develop the design rules for creating temperature sensing garments and to understand the limitations of these devices. Detailed design considerations for all three devices are provided. Experiments were conducted to examine the effects of contact pressure on skin contact temperature measurements using textile-based temperature sensors. The temperature sensing sock was used for a short user trial where the foot skin temperature of five healthy volunteers was monitored under different conditions to identify the limitations of recording textile-based foot skin temperature measurements. The fit of the sock significantly affected the measurements. In some cases, wearing a shoe or walking also heavily influenced the temperature measurements. These variations show that textile-based foot skin temperature measurements may be problematic for applications where small temperature differences need to be measured.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Fibers
Creators:	Lugoda, P., Hughes-Riley, T., Oliveira, C., Morris, R. and Dias, T.
Publisher:	MDPI
Date:	10 July 2018
Volume:	6
Number:	3
ISSN:	2079-6439
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/fib6030046 DOI fib6030046 Publisher Item Identifier
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Schools > School of Art and Design Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	11 Jul 2018 15:13
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2024 16:23
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34058

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