Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12 , Pages 1630-1635 , December 2006

An Accurate and Reliable Method of Thermal Data Analysis in Thermal Imaging of the Anterior Knee for Use in Cryotherapy Research

  • James Selfe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Professions, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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  • Natalie Hardaker, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Professions, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Natalie Hardaker, BSc, Dept of Allied Health Professions, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, England
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  • Dominic Thewlis, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Allied Health Professions, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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  • Anna Karki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy, Satakunta Polytechnic, Pori, Finland

  • Image Result

    The visual output of the thermal data when processed in the custom written program, the crosshair is the digitizing tool. The coronal plane view of the anterior knee.

    The visual output of the thermal data when processed in the custom written program, the crosshair is the digitizing tool. The coronal plane view of the anterior knee.

  • Image Result

    (A) Proximal marker; (B) distal marker; (C) medial marker; and (D) lateral marker. The dispersion of each rater’s (+) mean digitized point about the ensemble mean from the group of raters (□).

    (A) Proximal marker; (B) distal marker; (C) medial marker; and (D) lateral marker. The dispersion of each rater’s (+) mean digitized point about the ensemble mean from the group of raters (□).

  • Image Result

    Thermal image of anterior knee (A) with no marker system and (B) with AMS.

    Thermal image of anterior knee (A) with no marker system and (B) with AMS.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01331-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.346

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12 , Pages 1630-1635 , December 2006

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