Measuring clinician-applied forces during birth using tactile sensing technology

R. H. Allen; J. Sorab; B. Gonik

doi:10.1109/iembs.1988.95057

Measuring clinician-applied forces during birth using tactile sensing technology

R. H. Allen, J. Sorab, B. Gonik

School of Medicine

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A tactile sensing system (TSS), consisting of a sensing device and a data-acquisition system, is described for measuring fingertip-applied forces. The authors report on using the TSS to measure clinician-applied forces during vaginal delivery of newborns, with particular emphasis on an obstetric emergency called shoulder dystocia. Two prototype versions of the tactile sensing system have been tested in 29 random deliveries at an area teaching hospital. In 28 deliveries, the resultant force measurements correlate with the clinician's subjective evaluation of the type of delivery. Research shows that the tactile sensing system can be used to investigate the relation between clinician-applied forces and the risk of birth injury.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	1285-1286
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.1988.95057
State	Published - 1988
Event	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - New Orleans, LA, USA Duration: Nov 4 1988 → Nov 7 1988

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Other	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
City	New Orleans, LA, USA
Period	11/4/88 → 11/7/88

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