Utility of thermography in the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy.
Neurology
; 41(7): 1010-4, 1991 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
We performed infrared telethermography in 55 patients with the clinical diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy and in 37 normal controls. Five readers interpreted the thermograms in a blinded fashion. A moderate degree of agreement was noted in tests of intraobserver and interobserver variability. The sensitivity of thermography ranged from 78% to 94% compared with 81% to 92% for imaging studies and 77% for EMG. The specificity of thermography ranged from 20% to 44%. Thermography predicted the level of the radiculopathy correctly in less than 50% of cases. Thermography has little or no utility in the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy.
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Assunto principal:
Raízes Nervosas Espinhais
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Termografia
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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Neurology
Ano de publicação:
1991
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