An intra-examiner reliability study of knee temperature patterns with medical infrared thermal imaging

Thermology International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 73-74

  Hildebrandt, Carolin ^a   Raschner, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intraexaminer reliability; Knee temperature pattern; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE TEMPERATURE; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 69249182714     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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