Microneedle array for measuring wound generated electric fields.

{
  "study_type": "engineering",
  "exposure": {
    "band": null,
    "source": "endogenous (wound-generated electric fields in human skin)",
    "frequency_mhz": null,
    "sar_wkg": null,
    "duration": null
  },
  "population": "Human subjects",
  "sample_size": null,
  "outcomes": [
    "Transdermal skin potentials",
    "Electric field magnitude/direction near superficial wounds",
    "Spatial decay of electric field with distance from wound edge"
  ],
  "main_findings": "A fabricated microneedle array was used to measure transdermal skin potentials near superficial wounds in human subjects. Recordings confirmed a lateral electric field in human skin that decays with distance from the wound edge and is directed toward the wound.",
  "effect_direction": "unclear",
  "limitations": [
    "Sample size not reported in abstract",
    "No health outcomes or therapeutic effects assessed; measurements only",
    "Wounds described as superficial; generalizability to chronic wounds not addressed"
  ],
  "evidence_strength": "insufficient",
  "confidence": 0.74,
  "peer_reviewed_likely": "yes",
  "keywords": [
    "microneedle array",
    "transdermal skin potential",
    "endogenous electric field",
    "wound electric field",
    "human skin",
    "bioelectricity",
    "measurement device"
  ],
  "suggested_hubs": []
}