title: Thermography--its current diagnostic status in musculoskeletal medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the currently perceived status of thermography in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical and legal journals published from 1956 onwards; report of the United States Office of Health Technology Assessment and personal communication with the author of that report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Confined to application of thermography to musculoskeletal and neurological medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Weighted towards prospective and controlled studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Little evidence exists of any application of thermography in which it is unequivocally superior to conventional diagnostic imaging methods.
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Unit, Memorial Medical Centre, North Adelaide, SA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Awerbuch
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009333:Neck; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012881:Skin Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology