Are the infrared thermography findings skin temperature-dependent? A study on neck pain patients

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zaproudina, Nina ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^b   Närhi, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coldness; Infrared thermography; Neck pain; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

COLDNESS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; MIXED-MODEL ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; SKIN TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

DERMATOLOGY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872144113     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12007     Document Type: Article

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