title: The use of infra-red thermography in a rheumatology unit.
abstract: Infra-red thermography is a technique that is under-used in rheumatology; one reason is the supposed necessity for a temperature-controlled room in which to conduct tests. The results of a series of cold challenges to the hand, repeated on a normal subject in a temperature-controlled room and in other parts of a rheumatology ward, show very good reproducibility outside the temperature-controlled room, provided that the immediate environment is draught-free.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Darton
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data