Patellar skin surface temperature by thermography reflects knee osteoarthritis severity

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 69-75

  Denoble, Anna E ^a   Hall, Norine ^a   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Kraus, Virginia B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Infrared imaging; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; PATELLA; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649297163     PISSN: 11795441     EISSN: 11795441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMAMD.S5916     Document Type: Article

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