The BIPPED study seeks to determine whether wound healing, in particular diabetic foot ulcers, can be monitored using electrical bioimpedance analysis (BIA). BIA measures the resistance of biological tissue to the passage of a very small electric current applied with electrodes. Different types of tissue, due to cell structure, hydration and vascularization, have specific electrical characteristics. The BIPPED study aims to provide experimental data for the development of a BIA sensor for monitoring of wound healing in chronic wounds.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
lmpedence measured using ECG electrodes placed at the periphery of the wound (when the wound dressing is changed as part of standard care).
Grenoble University Hospital
Grenoble, France
Change in impedance
Correlation between electrical impedance of the wound measured with ECG electrodes placed at the periphery of the wound and changes in the size of the wound and the clinically observed stage of healing.
Time frame: 3 months
Impedance of different wound tissues
Characteristic impedance of different types of wound tissue
Time frame: 3 months
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