Assessment of hand osteoarthritis: correlation between thermographic and radiographic methods

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 915 - 919
• Main Authors: Varjú, G., Pieper, C. F., Renner, J. B., Kraus, V. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2004; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Body Temperature; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Progression; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Finger Joint - diagnostic imaging; Finger Joint - pathology; Hand; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis - diagnosis; Osteoarthritis - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Thermography; Correlation; Radiodiagnosis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Rheumatology; Exploration; Method; Hand; Radiography; Imaging; Arthropathy; Degenerative disease; Osteoarthritis; Thermography

Objective. Anatomical stages of digital osteoarthritis (OA) have been characterized radiographically as progressing through sequential phases from normal to osteophyte formation, progressive loss of joint space, joint erosion and joint remodelling. Our study was designed to evaluate a physiological...