Infrared thermography in adolescents with Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Priscilla da Silva Freitas; Caroline Cabral Robinson; Rodrigo Py Gonçalves Barreto; Milton Antonio Zaro; Luis Henrique Telles Da Rosa; Marcelo Faria Silva

doi:10.5585/conssaude.v12n4.4319

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.

Resumo

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.