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Table 1 Measurements of the average polarization potential and of the variability between consecutive samples taken at time intervals of 0.1 s registered on each of the four test subjects, with each type of textile material (bold values) compared with commercial electrodes of Ag/Agcl (cursive values)

From: Electrical performance of PEDOT:PSS-based textile electrodes for wearable ECG monitoring: a comparative study

Subject

Measurements of average polarization potential with each type of electrode in mV

Cotton

Cotton–polyester

Lycra

Silver-plated nylon

Polyester

Female 1

11.26

6.27

13.96

10.70

9.04

 

1.93

1.25

0.73

1.93

1.31

Female 2

24.57

8.04

15.12

12.61

22.24

 

1.13

1.13

1.32

1.32

1.13

Male 1

7.61

56.8

3.20

30.16

5.08

 

1.02

4.50

1.02

4.50

1.02

Male 2

12.36

31.12

11.80

2.75

10.71

 

5.08

6.47

5.07

5.07

6.47

Subject

Measures of the variability of the average potential with each type of electrode in µV

Cotton

Cotton–polyester

Lycra

Silver-plated nylon

Polyester

Female 1

667.14

353.02

401.56

712.9

406.84

 

589.16

364.56

393.81

589.13

349.61

Female 2

133.87

325.02

259.18

282.46

236.30

 

103.84

100.55

91.11

91.23

103.78

Male 1

399.55

164.78

393.14

108.74

428.69

 

121.75

68.55

121.29

61.83

122.21

Male 2

35.17

43.33

27.08

29.41

34.01

 

21.02

22.72

22.47

19.97

20.51