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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
Billing: per day
Full Price €1600 EUR
Pricing Detail

Prices are subject to change and will be adjusted according to specific needs.

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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