Continuous Monitoring of Electrodermal Activity During Epileptic Seizures Using a Wearable Sensor

Overview

Journal Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2010 Nov 25

PMID 21095760

Citations 27

Authors

Ming-Zher Poh

Tobias Loddenkemper

Nicholas C Swenson

Shubhi Goyal

Joseph R Madsen

Rosalind W Picard

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

We present a novel method for monitoring sympathetic nervous system activity during epileptic seizures using a wearable sensor measuring electrodermal activity (EDA). The wearable sensor enables long-term, continuous EDA recordings from patients. Preliminary results from our pilot study suggest that epileptic seizures induce a surge in EDA. These changes are greater in generalized tonic-clonic seizures and reflect a massive sympathetic discharge. This paper offers a new approach for investigating the relationship between epileptic seizures and autonomic alterations.

Citing Articles

Seizure Detection Devices.

Baumgartner C, Baumgartner J, Lang C, Lisy T, Koren J J Clin Med. 2025; 14(3).

PMID: 39941534 PMC: 11818620. DOI: 10.3390/jcm14030863.

Elevation of spectral components of electrodermal activity precedes central nervous system oxygen toxicity symptoms in divers.

Posada-Quintero H, Derrick B, Ellis M, Natoli M, Winstead-Derlega C, Gonzalez S Commun Med (Lond). 2024; 4(1):270.

PMID: 39702758 PMC: 11659611. DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00688-4.

Factors Associated with Caregiver Sleep Quality Related to Children with Rare Epilepsy Syndromes.

Hesdorffer D, Kroner B, Shen J, Farrell K, Roberds S, Fureman B J Pediatr X. 2023; 2:100021.

PMID: 37332626 PMC: 10236549. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympdx.2020.100021.

Longitudinally tracking personal physiomes for precision management of childhood epilepsy.

Jiang P, Gao F, Liu S, Zhang S, Zhang X, Xia Z PLOS Digit Health. 2023; 1(12):e0000161.

PMID: 36812648 PMC: 9931296. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000161.

Smart Consumer Wearables as Digital Diagnostic Tools: A Review.

Chakrabarti S, Biswas N, Jones L, Kesari S, Ashili S Diagnostics (Basel). 2022; 12(9).

PMID: 36140511 PMC: 9498278. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12092110.