Development of a microfluidic collection system to measure electrolyte variations in sweat during exercise

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul:2020:4085-4088. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176123.

Abstract

A wide variety of electrochemical sweat sensors are recently being developed for real-time monitoring of biomarkers. However, from a physiological perspective, little is known about how sweat biomarkers change over time. This paper presents a method to collect and analyze sweat to identify inter and intraindividual variations of electrolytes during exercise. A new microfluidic sweat collection system is developed which consists of a patch covering the collection surface and a sequence of reservoirs. Na+, Cl- and K+ are measured with ion chromatography afterwards. The measurements show that with the new collector, variations in these ion concentrations can be measured reliably over time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electrolytes
  • Exercise
  • Microfluidics*
  • Sweat*
  • Sweating

Substances

  • Electrolytes