Medical Thermal Imaging Procedure for Hand RSI Identification

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Vardasca, R (Author) FEUP; Ring, F (Author) Other; Plassmann, P (Author) Other; Jones, C (Author) Other; Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2015 - Proceedings Book

Pages: 418-420

International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2015

Guimarães, Portugal, 12-13-2015

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-97K

Abstract (EN): Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is a set of occupational syndromes that causes a loose group of conditions resulting from overuse of a tool or other activity that requires repeated movements. RSI needs an accurate quantitative and objective diagnostic test to aid clinicians in the judgment of the degree of injury and assess the adequate treatment, and to provide a permanent evidence record of the degree of injury. Medical thermography was used with a mechanical provocation test involving a computer keyboard typing exercise, which was followed by a thermal provocation of the hand. In order to assess the peripheral temperature changes of the hand, a computational model was developed and the images were standardized and analyzed. The proposed method is objective and repeatable, can provide information of the evolutionary stage of the condition. It was possible to discriminate between controls and patients (p<0.05). Medical thermal imaging can be used as complementary diagnostic tool to provide evidence of occupational condition affecting upper limbs in support to medical history in medico-legal liabilities.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3