Termografia no Diagnóstico Complementar de Doenças Músculo Esqueléticas [Thermography in Complementary Diagnostic of Musculoskeletal Diseases]

Resumo

The infrared radiation capture cameras have brought a new perspective in the evaluation of musculoskeletal overload, as a technology that can complement the diagnosis of musculoskeletal diseases. This is by sensibility that the method provides the symptomatic clarification, anatomical and physiological and etiological; plus the progressive technological advancement, both of the cameras as the "software". This research aims to identify ways of biomedical application of thermal imaging to aid diagnosis of musculoskeletal diseases. The methodology was performed an exploratory study in six databases. The search included three languages and as inclusion criteria were selected research with titles relating to thermography musculoskeletal diseases, published in the last five years. As a result we obtained 84 studies, excluding non-compatible and included 2 of relevance, despite being outside the predetermined time, remained 13 studies that comprised this research. It concludes that thermography has high sensitivity, ranging from 71% to 100%, according to the listed studies and is gaining more and more space to support diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of symptomatic cases musculoskeletal disorders mainly in the wrist, elbows and shoulders.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18073/2358-4696/pajmt.v2n1p7-13