Lara D. Veeken · 1990 · 48 citations · 0 references
Pain MedicineSixty-five CasesSurgerySpinal DisorderOrthopaedic SurgeryMagnetic Resonance ImagingLumbar SpineOsteoarthritisInfrared Thermographic ImagingBack PainRadiologyHealth SciencesMedical ImagingMusculoskeletal PainPain ResearchLumbosacral RadiculopathyMri Positive DiscThermographyMedicine
Sixty-five cases of chronic low back pain were studied. Infrared thermography (IRT) was abnormal in 92%, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 89%, computerized tomography (CT) in 87% and myelography in 80%. IRT correlated with MRI in 94% of cases, and with CT in 87% of cases. Of 22 MRI positive disc and root cases, 21 (95%) had significant leg abnormalities on IRT. All 19 cases with radicular involvement on CT and all 18 with radicular involvement on myelography demonstrated significant leg changes on IRT.