ReviewNature biotechnology2024
The challenges and promise of sweat sensing.
Review in Nature biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
- Use of Wearable Sensors in Angelman Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Pooled it
- Wearable bioelectronics enabled by conductive hydrogels: From materials innovation to clinical translation.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Preserving Sample, Interface, and Signal Fidelity in Wearable Sweat Electrolyte Monitoring During Exercise.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Tailoring NaSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A full-range sweat rate sensor with superhydrophobic heterophase shunt for psychology, skin health and body dehydration evaluating.Science advances · 2026Article
- Assessing the Feasibility of Wearable Devices for Physiological Monitoring and Heat Risk Prediction in Outdoor Agricultural Workers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Smart wearable biosensors: a transformative synergy between diagnosis and treatment of disease.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensors for Non-Invasive Biofluid Analysis.Biosensors · 2026Review
- An intelligent electronic-textile system with adaptive sweat-regulation for continuous exercise-induced fatigue monitoring.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
- Noninvasive measurement of glucose and lactate in thermoregulatory sweat in neonates and adults.Science advances · 2026Article
- Wearable Sensing for Clinical Physiology Monitoring: Emerging Paradigms.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Sweat components as a promising monitoring tool for systemic diseases.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2026Review
- Sweat and air permeable electronics enabled by engineered hierarchical fabric system for exercise management.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
- Fully 3D-Printed Analytical Device Based on a Novel Floating Electrode Mechanism for Sweat Rate Acquisition.ACS measurement science au · 2026Article
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- Controlled sweat generation via ultrasound stimulation integrated in a wearable device.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A hierarchical dual-lock mechanism empowered epifluidic patch for rapid glucose feedback in exercise-induced sweating.Mikrochimica acta · 2026Article
- Real-time nanomolar vitamin monitoring in sweat using an electrochemical skin-attached device.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Impedimetric Analysis of the Photocatalysis-Assisted Response of Patterned TiOSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
The potential of monitoring biomarkers in sweat for health-related applications has spurred rapid growth in the field of wearable sweat sensors over the past decade. Some of the key challenges have been addressed, including measuring sweat-secretion rate and collecting sufficient sample volumes for real-time, continuous molecular analysis without intense exercise. However, except for assessment of cystic fibrosis and regional nerve function, the ability to accurately measure analytes of interest and their physiological relevance to health metrics remain to be determined. Although sweat is not a crystal ball into every aspect of human health, we expect sweat measurements to continue making inroads into niche applications involving active sweating, such as hydration monitoring for athletes and physical laborers and later for medical and casual health monitoring of relevant drugs and hormones.
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