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Electrode Equivalence for Use in Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Assessment of Lymphedema.
Lymphatic Research and Biology 2019 Februrary
BACKGROUND: Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) is commonly used in the assessment and monitoring of lymphedema. This study investigated electrodes as a source of variability that could impact the accuracy of BIS in the clinic and determined if Ag/AgCl electrocardiograph (ECG) electrodes could be used as an alternative to instrument-specific electrodes.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Two types of Ag/AgCl electrodes were studied: instrument-specific bioimpedance electrodes (bioimpedance) and single tab ECG electrodes (cardiac). Six areas of investigation were addressed: intrinsic electrode resistance; electrode age; drive electrode position; electrode width/surface area; concordance between cardiac and bioimpedance electrodes; and mixing electrode types and batches. Participants included women (n = 26) and men (n = 8), both with (n = 4) and without lymphedema (n = 30). Resistance (R0 ) of the limbs was measured and used to calculate interlimb BIS ratios. Intrinsic electrode resistance varied between batches (p ≤ 0.001), with cardiac electrodes recording higher resistance. Electrode age had no impact on limb resistance (p = 0.85). Drive electrode position biased limb resistance (0.1%-2.3%) and electrode size/surface area had a small (≤1%), but significant effect on limb resistance (p ≤ 0.001). However, calculation of interlimb BIS ratios negated the impact of these as well as any effect of mixing electrode batches and types (p = 0.15-0.96). Electrode type had no impact on arm and leg resistance, or interlimb BIS ratios (p = 0.173-0.289).
CONCLUSION: Calculation of interlimb BIS ratios improves accuracy of clinical BIS. Ag/AgCl cardiac electrodes can be used as an alternative to device-specific electrodes to measure limb resistance.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Two types of Ag/AgCl electrodes were studied: instrument-specific bioimpedance electrodes (bioimpedance) and single tab ECG electrodes (cardiac). Six areas of investigation were addressed: intrinsic electrode resistance; electrode age; drive electrode position; electrode width/surface area; concordance between cardiac and bioimpedance electrodes; and mixing electrode types and batches. Participants included women (n = 26) and men (n = 8), both with (n = 4) and without lymphedema (n = 30). Resistance (R0 ) of the limbs was measured and used to calculate interlimb BIS ratios. Intrinsic electrode resistance varied between batches (p ≤ 0.001), with cardiac electrodes recording higher resistance. Electrode age had no impact on limb resistance (p = 0.85). Drive electrode position biased limb resistance (0.1%-2.3%) and electrode size/surface area had a small (≤1%), but significant effect on limb resistance (p ≤ 0.001). However, calculation of interlimb BIS ratios negated the impact of these as well as any effect of mixing electrode batches and types (p = 0.15-0.96). Electrode type had no impact on arm and leg resistance, or interlimb BIS ratios (p = 0.173-0.289).
CONCLUSION: Calculation of interlimb BIS ratios improves accuracy of clinical BIS. Ag/AgCl cardiac electrodes can be used as an alternative to device-specific electrodes to measure limb resistance.
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