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A wearable electrochemical sensor for the real-time measurement of sweat sodium concentration

Schazmann, Benjamin, Morris, Deirdre, Slater, Conor, Beirne, Stephen, Fay, Cormac orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9104-5527, Reuveny, Ronen, Moyna, Niall orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1061-8528 and Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2010) A wearable electrochemical sensor for the real-time measurement of sweat sodium concentration. Analytical Methods, 2 (4). pp. 342-348.

Abstract
We report a new method for the real-time quantitative analysis of sodium in human sweat, consolidating sweat collection and analysis in a single, integrated, wearable platform. This temporal data opens up new possibilities in the study of human physiology, broadly applicable from assessing high performance athletes to monitoring Cystic Fibrosis (CF) sufferers. Our compact Sodium Sensor Belt (SSB) consists of a sodium selective Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) integrated into a platform that can be interfaced with the human body during exercise. No skin cleaning regime or sweat storage technology is required as the sweat is continually wicked from the skin to a sensing surface and from there to a storage area via a fabric pump. Our results suggest that after an initial equilibration period, a steady-state sodium plateau concentration was reached. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) was used as a reference method, and this has confirmed the accuracy of the new continuous monitoring approach. The steady-state concentrations observed were found to fall within ranges previously found in the literature, which further validates the approach. Daily calibration repeatability (n 1⁄4 4) was +/- 3.0% RSD and over a three month period reproducibility was +/- 12.1% RSD (n 1⁄4 56). As a further application, we attempted to monitor the sweat of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) sufferers using the same device. We observed high sodium concentrations symptomatic of CF ($60 mM Na+) for two CF patients, with no conclusive results for the remaining patients due to their limited exercising capability, and high viscosity/low volume of sweat produced.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Analytical chemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemical detectors
Medical Sciences > Health
Physical Sciences > Chemistry
Engineering > Biomedical engineering
Medical Sciences > Sports sciences
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Health and Human Performance
Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b9ay00184k
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland, SFI 07/CE/I1147
ID Code:15359
Deposited On:04 May 2010 10:43 by Cormac Fay . Last Modified 26 Oct 2018 13:37
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