The use of infra-red thermography in a rheumatology unit.
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.
Darton
K
K
Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London.
Black
C M
CM
D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data