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Thermography--its current diagnostic status in musculoskeletal medicine
1Pain Management Unit, Memorial Medical Centre, North Adelaide, SA.
The Medical Journal of Australia
|April 1, 1991
Abstract
Objective:
To evaluate the currently perceived status of thermography in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders.
Data Sources:
Medical and legal journals published from 1956 onwards; report of the United States Office of Health Technology Assessment and personal communication with the author of that report.
Study Selection:
Confined to application of thermography to musculoskeletal and neurological medicine.
Data Extraction And Synthesis:
Weighted towards prospective and controlled studies.
Conclusion:
Little evidence exists of any application of thermography in which it is unequivocally superior to conventional diagnostic imaging methods.