Infrared thermographic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, CT scan and myelography in low back pain.
Sixty-five cases of chronic low back pain were studied. Infrared thermography (IRT) was abnormal in 92%, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 89%, computerized tomography (CT) in 87% and myelography in 80%. IRT correlated with MRI in 94% of cases, and with CT in 87% of cases. Of 22 MRI positive disc and root cases, 21 (95%) had significant leg abnormalities on IRT. All 19 cases with radicular involvement on CT and all 18 with radicular involvement on myelography demonstrated significant leg changes on IRT.
Thomas
D
D
Adelaide Medical Thermography Centre, North Adelaide, South Australia.
Cullum
D
D
Siahamis
G
G
Langlois
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed