LCSens Development of textile-based and planar sensors for non-invasive real-time recording of lactate value run for diagnostics according to clinical, therapeutic and sports medicine performance-oriented requirements.
Runtime
2018 until 2021
Summary of the project results
If the oxygen absorbed through breathing is insufficient to meet the energy requirements of the muscles during intense endurance exercise, the acid-promoting metabolic product lactate is formed. The lactate value in the blood provides information about the individual metabolic situation of the person. If it is too high, muscle activity dwindles.
Prof. Dr. Sven Michel: "Anyone who has ever run a stadium lap as fast as possible will notice at some point that the movements no longer work and cramps set in. The lactate value can then be between 12 and 20 mmol per liter of blood. This is ten times the normal adult lactate level, which is below 1.8 mmol per liter of blood. Similar levels can be found in certain heart diseases. One can imagine how strenuous everyday life must be in these cases. If the individual maximum lactate value is known, training effects can be precisely delineated, such as areas of majority fat burning or increased conditioning of buffer capacities of the metabolism."
The goal of the project was to develop textile-based sensors that can measure sweat through a person's clothing, simplify exercise diagnostics and test the technology under clinical conditions.
Main publications
Project management at the BTU
Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Sven Michel
Project Team
Dr. Alexaner Braun Titus Martin
Partner
Lusatian Lakeland Hospital Hoyerswerda
Funders
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy