THE USE OF MEDICAL INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IN MUSCULO-SKELETAL PAIN

Abstract

The presented review of the literature provides data on the use of the method of medical infrared thermography in musculoskeletal pain. The conventional method to examine the pathology of the spine is X-ray, CT and MRI. To study trigger points in myofascial pain syndrome, ultrasound elastography of muscles and EMG are used. The main disadvantages of X-ray and neuroimaging methods are radiation load, as well as a high cost of diagnostic procedures. In addition, not all medical institutions of the country are equipped with devices for ultrasonic muscle elastography, and needle electromyography is quite painful diagnostic manipulation, which is difficult to carry out with repeated studies. Safety, non-invasiveness, cheapness of the study, as well as the ability to detect pathological changes in the musculoskeletal system at the preclinical stage necessitated the introduction of medical infrared thermography.The article presents data on the diagnostic possibilities of the method for dynamic control in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases in various fields of medicine: neurology, traumatology, orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology.