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'MigraineMonitor' – Towards a System for the Prediction of Migraine Attacks using Electrostimulation
- Source :
- Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 629-632 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018.
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Abstract
- Migraine attacks can be accompanied by many different symptoms, some of them appearing within 24 hours before the onset of the headache. In previous work, reduced habituation to an electrical pain stimulus at the head was observed in the pre-ictal phase within 24 hours before the headache attack. Based on these results, this work presents an application to track influence factors on migraine attacks and an Arduino-based control unit which replaces the traditional approach of manual electrical stimulation. The usability of both components of the project was evaluated in separate user studies. Results of the usability study show a good acceptance of the systems with a mean SUS score of 92.4. Additionally, they indicate that the developed control unit may substitute the current manual electrical stimulation. Overall, the designed system allows standardized repeatable measurements and is a first step towards the home-use of a device for establishing a new method for migraine prediction.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
migraine tracking
business.industry
Biomedical Engineering
electrostimulation
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Migraine
premonitory symptoms
Medicine
migraine prediction
030212 general & internal medicine
smartphone application
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 23645504
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a4789dc71e916a55d9f54ed701c4d4fa