NCT04097249

Infrared Thermography for the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain

The Contribution and Validity of Infrared Thermography in the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad San Jorge · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Healthy
• Pain
• Temperature Change, Body

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-29
• Completion: 2016-04-30
• First posted: 2019-09-20
• Last updated: 2019-09-20