Symptoms and joint degeneration correlate with the temperature of osteoarthritic knees: an infrared thermography analysis
The temperature of knees affected by OA is influenced by the degree of joint degeneration and by the presence of symptoms, with higher temperatures found in symptomatic joints, especially with prevalent lateral knee pain, and in more severe OA. Symptomatic knees demonstrated a different pattern compared to asymptomatic knees, with the medial area presenting the highest temperature changes.
Authors
- Stefano Zaffagnini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2941-1407)
- L Zanasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4007-9250)
- Luca De Marziani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-058X)
- Alessandro Di Martino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-7508)
- Luca Andriolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6352-9671)
- Angelo Boffa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-6900)
- Giuseppe Filardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8136-0977)
- Giacomo Roveda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-343X)
Institutions
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Orthopaedics
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-024-06376-1
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02