Three types of skin-surface thermometers: A comparison of reliability, validity, and responsiveness

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 553-558

  Burnham, Robert S ^a,d   McKinley, Robert S ^b   Vincent, Daniel D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Pain Management Associates   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infrared; Reliability; Responsiveness; Skin; Temperature; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED THERMOMETER; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; SKIN SURFACE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMISTOR; THERMOMETER; THIGH; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 33745416116     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000223232.32653.7f     Document Type: Article

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