Thermal imaging: A diagnostic aid for fibromyalgia?

Thermology International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Ammer, Kurt ^a,b  

^a Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Sensitivity and specificity; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNOCOSTAL JOINT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 43049119290     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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