Development of a novel tympanic temperature monitoring system for GT car racing athletes

J. H. Lee, K. Matsumura, K. Yamakoshi, P. Rolfe, N. Tanaka, Y. Yamakoshi, K. Takahashi, K. H. Kim, H. Hirose, T. Yamakoshi*

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Motor racing athletes, especially Grand Touring (GT) car racing drivers in the closed-cockpit category, can face lifethreatening situations caused by heat stroke. In this paper, a novel continuous tympanic temperature monitoring system, that could help to reduce this risk, is presented. The system consists of an earpiece containing an infrared-radiation-type tympanic thermometer and a micro-speaker. We validated the reliability of the system for tympanic temperature monitoring in 10 healthy volunteers (21.8 ± 1.0 S.D. years) using a temperature-controlled water bath. In addition, we evaluated the usefulness of the system with 2 professional drivers under real racing conditions in the 2010 SUPER GT International Series. The results showed strong correlation between the infrared-radiation tympanic temperature obtained by the present system and both the direct tympanic temperature (r = 0.994, n = 1119, P < 0.001) and the sublingual temperature (r = 0.972, n = 1119, P < 0.001) as a reference temperature. The mean difference between these temperatures was +0.09°C, and -0.08°C, and 95 % confidence interval (equal to 1.96 S.D.) was 0.21°C, and 0.44°C, respectively. In the field test, involving real competitive racing under severe conditions on a racing circuit, the system functioned well. These results suggest that our novel system has an acceptable performance in a race setting as a reliable tympanic temperature monitor and could help to improve safety of motor sports.

本文言語英語
ホスト出版物のタイトルWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
ページ2062-2065
ページ数4
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2013
イベントWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Beijing, 中国
継続期間: 2012/05/262012/05/31

出版物シリーズ

名前IFMBE Proceedings
39 IFMBE
ISSN(印刷版)1680-0737

学会

学会World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
国/地域中国
CityBeijing
Period2012/05/262012/05/31

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • バイオエンジニアリング
  • 生体医工学

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