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Application of digital infrared thermography for carpal tunnel syndrome evaluation

We investigated the thermographic findings of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We enrolled 304 hands with electrodiagnostically identified CTS and 88 control hands. CTS hands were assigned to duration groups (D1, < 3 months; D2, 3‒6 months; D3, 6‒12 months; D4, ≥ 12 months) and severity groups (S1,...

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Autores principales: Park, Dougho, Kim, Byung Hee, Lee, Sang-Eok, Kim, Dong Young, Eom, Yoon Sik, Cho, Jae Man, Yang, Joong Won, Kim, Mansu, Kwon, Heum Dai, Lee, Jang Woo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8578627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01381-5
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author Park, Dougho
Kim, Byung Hee
Lee, Sang-Eok
Kim, Dong Young
Eom, Yoon Sik
Cho, Jae Man
Yang, Joong Won
Kim, Mansu
Kwon, Heum Dai
Lee, Jang Woo
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Kim, Byung Hee
Lee, Sang-Eok
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Cho, Jae Man
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Kim, Mansu
Kwon, Heum Dai
Lee, Jang Woo
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description We investigated the thermographic findings of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We enrolled 304 hands with electrodiagnostically identified CTS and 88 control hands. CTS hands were assigned to duration groups (D1, < 3 months; D2, 3‒6 months; D3, 6‒12 months; D4, ≥ 12 months) and severity groups (S1, very mild; S2, mild; S3, moderate; S4, severe). The temperature difference between the median and ulnar nerve territories (ΔM-U territories) decreased as CTS duration and severity increased. Significant differences in ΔM-U territories between the D1 and D3, D1 and D4, D2 and D4, and S1 and S4 groups (P = 0.003, 0.001, 0.001, and < 0.001, respectively) were observed. Thermal anisometry increased as CTS duration and severity increased. Significant differences in thermal anisometry between the D1 and D4 as well as the D2 and D4 groups (P = 0.005 and 0.04, respectively) were noted. Thermal anisometry was higher in the S4 group than in the S1, S2, and S3 groups (P = 0.009, < 0.001, and 0.003, respectively). As CTS progresses, skin temperature tends to decrease and thermal variation tends to increase in the median nerve-innervated area. Thermographic findings reflect the physiological changes of the entrapped median nerve.
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spelling pubmed-85786272021-11-10 Application of digital infrared thermography for carpal tunnel syndrome evaluation Park, Dougho Kim, Byung Hee Lee, Sang-Eok Kim, Dong Young Eom, Yoon Sik Cho, Jae Man Yang, Joong Won Kim, Mansu Kwon, Heum Dai Lee, Jang Woo Sci Rep Article We investigated the thermographic findings of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We enrolled 304 hands with electrodiagnostically identified CTS and 88 control hands. CTS hands were assigned to duration groups (D1, < 3 months; D2, 3‒6 months; D3, 6‒12 months; D4, ≥ 12 months) and severity groups (S1, very mild; S2, mild; S3, moderate; S4, severe). The temperature difference between the median and ulnar nerve territories (ΔM-U territories) decreased as CTS duration and severity increased. Significant differences in ΔM-U territories between the D1 and D3, D1 and D4, D2 and D4, and S1 and S4 groups (P = 0.003, 0.001, 0.001, and < 0.001, respectively) were observed. Thermal anisometry increased as CTS duration and severity increased. Significant differences in thermal anisometry between the D1 and D4 as well as the D2 and D4 groups (P = 0.005 and 0.04, respectively) were noted. Thermal anisometry was higher in the S4 group than in the S1, S2, and S3 groups (P = 0.009, < 0.001, and 0.003, respectively). As CTS progresses, skin temperature tends to decrease and thermal variation tends to increase in the median nerve-innervated area. Thermographic findings reflect the physiological changes of the entrapped median nerve. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8578627/ /pubmed/34754001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01381-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Kwon, Heum Dai
Lee, Jang Woo
Application of digital infrared thermography for carpal tunnel syndrome evaluation
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754001
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