Stimulator to Quantify Cutaneous Sensation

量化皮肤感觉的刺激器

• 批准号: 7341991
• 负责人: GEOFFREY M BOVE
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: GROVE INSTRUMENTS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7341991
• 关键词: Affect; Aftercare; Area; Computers; Condition; Cutaneous; Esthesia; Location; Manuals; Mechanics; Methods; Numbers; Pain; Sensory; Skin; System; Time; programs; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Manual therapies are currently used to treat a number of conditions that result in altered cutaneous sensation. One way that has been used to assess the effect of manual therapies in such conditions has been to evaluate any changes in sensation before and after the treatment. However this has typically been done using methods that are quite imprecise. We propose to develop a computer-controlled mechanical cutaneous stimulator that will indent the skin and allow for quantitative determination of the thresholds for either gentle indentation or pain. The stimulator will be operated with a set of programs that will allow for (a) quantifying the degree of sensory loss or enhancement at a particular location, (b) determining the physical extent of the affected area, and (c) determining changes in these parameters over time We propose to develop a system comprising a computer-controlled mechanical stimulator that will indent the skin and allow for quantitative determination of the thresholds for either gentle indentation or pain. The stimulator will be operated with a set of programs that will allow for (a) quantifying the degree of sensory loss or enhancement at a particular location, (b) determining the physical extent of the affected area, and (c) determining changes in these parameters over time.

描述（由申请人提供）：目前使用手动疗法来治疗许多导致皮肤感觉改变的疾病。在这种情况下用来评估手动疗法效果的一种方法是评估治疗前后感觉的任何变化。但是，这通常是使用非常不精确的方法完成的。我们建议开发一个计算机控制的机械皮肤刺激器，该刺激器将使皮肤压痕并允许定量确定阈值的轻度压痕或疼痛。刺激器将通过一组程序进行操作，以（a）量化特定位置的感觉丧失或增强程度，（b）确定受影响区域的物理程度，以及（c）确定这些参数的变化，我们建议我们提出允许计算机控制的机械刺激器的系统，以使皮肤的限制或允许均可用于限制皮肤的范围，以供您进行均匀的确定性。刺激器将使用一组程序进行操作，该程序将允许（a）量化特定位置的感觉损失或增强程度，（b）确定受影响区域的物理范围，以及（c）确定随时间推移这些参数的变化。