title: Knee-joint temperature measurement using a differential thermistor thermometer.
abstract: A simple method for measuring joint inflammation with a differential thermistor probe thermometer was applied to acute synovitis of the knee. Temperature assessments were made immediately before and serially after intra-articular steroid therapy. The method was capable of showing a significant difference in temperature between inflamed and normal knees. Knee temperature assessments correlated well with clinical parameters and were essentially independent of room temperature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*; D013821:Thermometers / Q000295:instrumentation*