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Six patients with varying degrees of axillary hyperhidrosis were examined using skin AC conductance (SC) and gravimetric measurements. The examination protocol included provocations of acoustic stimuli, arithmetic tasks and physical activity while the SC was recorded. A significant correlation (R^2=0,69, p<0,05) was found between the gravi-metric measurements and the baseline SC, but not with the responses (R^2<0,36, p>0.05), suggesting that the responses bring additional physiological or psychosomatic information which may be useful to the diagnosis or treatment evaluation of the disease.
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Tronstad, C., Krogstad, A.L., Kalvøy, H., Grimnes, S., Martinsen, Ø.G. (2009). Skin AC conductance levels and responses in axillary hyperhidrosis patients. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03885-3_97
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