title: [The value of thermographic tests in the diagnosis of the vascular vibration syndrome].
abstract: With the aim of testing the usefulness of static thermography for the diagnosis of the vibration syndrome with the AGA-680 Medical apparatus, 111 patients treated in the clinic for suspected vibration syndrome and 25 patients with the idiopathic Raynaud's syndrome have been examined. The vibration syndrome was found in 70 patients, basing on complex multispecialist examinations with no thermovisual evaluation. Ischaemic symptoms were found thermographically in 63 subjects (56%), the rates being the same for the vibration syndrome and non-diagnosed occupational disease groups. The highest sensitivity was that of the isotonic capillary test (100%) and pallesthesiometry (88.2%), whereas thermometry and capillaroscopy exhibited lower sensitivity (78.1% and 71.5%, respectively), the lowest sensitivities being those of static thermography (56%) and coolness test (31.8%). The highest correlation between the thermographic pathology and the results of the other tests was that relating to pallesthesiometry and isotopic capillary test. No temperature range characteristic for the vibration syndrome or parallelism of clinical and thermovisual evaluations has been found.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D013817:Thermography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014732:Vibration / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Wartość badań termograficznych w diagnostyce naczyniowej postaci zespołu wibracyjnego.