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The Use of Thermal Infra-Red Imaging to Detect Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Published on: January 22, 2012
Evolution of the surface temperature of pianists' arm muscles using infrared thermography
C L Herry1, M Frize, R A Goubran
1Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada.
Abstract:
Musculoskeletal disorders are very frequent among musicians. Diagnosis is difficult due to the lack of objective tests and the multiplicity of symptoms. Treatment is also problematic and often requires that the musician stop playing. Most of these disorders are inflammatory in nature, and therefore involve temperature changes in the affected regions. Temperature measurements were recorded with an infrared camera. In this paper we present an overview of the temperature measurements made in the arms of 8 pianists during regular piano practice sessions.
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