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Stress Induction Laboratory

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Unique Identifier: c4eebe5c-b3bb-4254-8cb7-d25b5b5149c6

Service Description

Services: - Full body motion analysis using inertial motion capture, including posturography and pressure distribution - Video-based motion and facial expression analysis - Standardized and reliable gold standard stress induction - Collection of established biopsychological stress markers for further processing - Assessment and analysis of digital biomarkers during stress - Physiological measurements

Offerings: Testing Pre-Clinical (Neurology, Cardiology, wearables, motion, psychophysical, GLP, animal safety, toxicity, etc.)
TEF-Health Use Case Domain: all
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Provider & Contact

Provider Organisation Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg (FAU)
Provider Country Germany
Published Email bjoern.eskofier@fau.de

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Operational Details

Service Inputs Study Objective, Requirements, Test Subject(s), Prototype Device
Service Outputs Dataset, Report
Service Standards
  • - Gold standard for acute psychosocial stress induction (Kirschbaum et al., 1993)
  • - Standardized collection of biological specimens for later processing in laboratory according to Bio S2 standard

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