Infrared Thermography for the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain

Universidad San Jorge

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Temperature Change, Body; Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04097249

P15/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study sought to evaluate the vasomotor response in the pain referral area of healthy individuals, performing the same procedure with and without the experience of delayed onset muscle soreness.

Full description

Validity of infrared thermography for properly diagnosing musculoskeletal pain and their clinical applicability is lacking. This study investigates temperature changes on the upper extremity before and after a suprathreshold stimulation (painful stimulus) with a digital algometer over the infraspinatus muscle. The same procedure is performed in two consecutive days, 24 hours apart (Day-1 and Day-2). At the end of Day-1, an eccentric exercise is performed in order to to induce delayed onset muscle soreness on the external rotators of the shoulder.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being healthy and free from any pain specific to the upper limbs and/or in general.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous history of chronic pain.
• Any systemic diseases or regional pathology which can interfere with the outcome measures.

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy subjects

Description:

Participants free from any pain specific to the upper limb, chronic pain or other disease.