Reliability of observer assessment of thermographic images in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Niehof, Sjoerd P ^a   Huygen, Frank J P M ^a   Stronks, Dirk L ^a   Klein, Jan ^a   Zijlstra, Freek J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Observer dependent; Video thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS; THERMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; COLOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33947166813     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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