Thermography in spinal disorders - A narrative review

Thermology International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Ammer, Kurt ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Back pain; Radiculopathy; Thermography; Vertebral blockage

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCCYGODYNIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL DISK SURGERY; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL BLOCKAGE;

EID: 78649373125     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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