Measurement of Electrocardiogram with Textile Electrode

Abstract

Recently, wearable devices have attracted attention as a technology that can support sports training and healthcare in daily life. Some wearable devices for these applications require measurement of heart rate and/or electrocardiogram (ECG). However, disposable electrodes generally used for ECG measurement are not suited to the measurement in daily life because of skin irritation and other problems. Textile electrodes have high potential to solve these problems. In this paper, we summarize some textile electrodes for ECG measurement, including shirt-type electrodes that we developed.