Novel acoustic evaluation system for scratching behavior in itching dermatitis: Rapid and accurate analysis for nocturnal scratching of atopic dermatitis patients

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-238

  Noro, Yuichi ^a   Omoto, Youichi ^a   Umeda, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Futa ^a   Shiratsuka, Yousuke ^a   Yamada, Tomomi ^b   Isoda, Kenichi ^a   Matsubara, Kimiko ^a   Yamanaka, Keiichi ^a   Gabazza, Esteban C ^c   Nishikawa, Masakatsu ^c   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KSK Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

acoustic; atopic dermatitis; itch; piezoelectric element; scratch sound; visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EVALUATION SYSTEM; ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRATCHING; SLEEP TIME; SOUND DETECTION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGY;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PRURITUS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 84896388104     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12405     Document Type: Article

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