Thermo Tomes
Thermo Tomes
KISEP
Clinical Article
Introduction
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ity of pain as severe for the scores of 9 and 8 points, moderate for
the scores of 7, 6, 5 points, and slight for the scores of 4, 3, 2
points, severe pain was present in 100 patients (30.6%), moderate
pain in 171 (52.3%), and slight pain in 56 (17.1%) (Table 1).
According to simple radiography of the neck taken from the
lateral side, rigidity was seen in 91 patients (91%) in severe pain
group, in 124 (72.5%) in moderate pain group, and 31 (55%) in
slight pain group. Thus, cervical rigidity increased with increasing
severity of neck pain. The presence of rigidity was diagnosed by two
radiology specialists (angulation>9, interspinous diameter>11mm).
Thermographs showed cases with a simple disarrayed pattern of
normal vascular network (Fig. 3A), those with cold spots (Fig . 3B),
and those cases showing both disarrayed pattern and cold spots.
As the severity of pain increase, the frequency of cold spots and
disarrayed pattern of normal vascular network was high. Both
findings were seen in many cases especially in those patients with
severe pain (Fig. 3C). Normal thermograph pattern was seen in 5
(5%) in severe pain group, 25 (14.6%) in moderate pain group
Discussion
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Conclusion
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