MISDOSS

This study is looking for healthy volunteers from a Black or Asian ethnic background to help develop an imaging system to measure oxygenation in the skin of the hands and help understand how oxygenation imaging varies in people with different skin tones. The results will help determine whether this system may be better than currently used techniques in the management of people with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).

This research is being carried out by research teams from the Department of Rheumatology at Salford Royal Hospital and the University of Manchester and forms part of a PhD project. It is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

• Aged 20-40 years
• From a Black or Asian ethnic background
• Do not have,
  • A rheumatoid condition (eg systemic sclerosis/scleroderma, Raynaud’s phenomenon, rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Diabetes
  • Previous heart attack or other heart condition

The research team are particularly interested in recruiting people across a range of skin tones to ensure the imaging system works for everyone.

• Salford Royal Hospital (M6 8HD)

• One clinic appointment for ultrasound imaging of the hands (up to 1 hour)

Participants will be reimbursed for travel costs up to £10 for each visit.

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