Infrared thermography in adolescents with Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Autores

  • Priscilla da Silva Freitas Centro Universitário Metodista do IPA
  • Caroline Cabral Robinson Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
  • Rodrigo Py Gonçalves Barreto Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
  • Milton Antonio Zaro Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia do Couro, calçados e artefatos
  • Luis Henrique Telles Da Rosa Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
  • Marcelo Faria Silva Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v12n4.4319

Palavras-chave:

Osteochondritis, Physical therapy specialty, Puberty, Knee, Thermography.

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Introduction: Thermography has been used to monitor musculoskeletal disorders, but no study has assessed thermal patterns of anterior tibial tuberosity inflammation that occurs in Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD). Objective: To investigate the patterns of knee temperature in adolescents with and without OSD. Methods: Twenty adolescents were separated into two groups: one comprising individuals with OSD and a control in which none had OSD. An infrared image of the knees was recorded after 15 minutes of acclimatization in a temperature-controlled environment, and the maximum absolute knee temperature and the temperature difference (T) between knees were obtained. Results: The maximum knee temperature in the OSD group was significantly higher (p = 0.008) than the highest recorded knee temperature in the control group. The T between knees was significantly higher (p = 0.007) in the OSD group than in the control group. Conclusion: Adolescents with OSD present knee thermal asymmetry and hyper-radiant patterns in the affected knee, these alterations are prominent enough to be detected thermographically through infrared imaging.

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28.01.2014

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Freitas P da S, Robinson CC, Barreto RPG, Zaro MA, Da Rosa LHT, Silva MF. Infrared thermography in adolescents with Osgood-Schlatter Disease. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 28º de janeiro de 2014 [citado 29º de março de 2024];12(4):513-8. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/4319

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