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Article

Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics

by
Luca De Marziani
1,
Angelo Boffa
1,*,
Lucia Angelelli
1,
Luca Andriolo
1,
Alessandro Di Martino
1,
Stefano Zaffagnini
1 and
Giuseppe Filardo
2
1
Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica 2, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
2
Applied and Translational Research (ATR) Center, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2319; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062319
Submission received: 5 January 2023 / Revised: 3 March 2023 / Accepted: 14 March 2023 / Published: 16 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Joint Repair and Replacement: Clinical Updates and Perspectives)
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate osteoarthritis (OA) patients with infrared thermography to investigate imaging patterns as well as demographic and clinical characteristics that influence knee inflammation. Forty patients with one-sided symptomatic knee OA were included and evaluated through knee-specific PROMs and the PainDETECT Questionnaire for neuropathic pain evaluation. Thermograms were captured using a thermographic camera FLIR-T1020 and temperatures were extracted using the software ResearchIR for the overall knee and the five ROIs: medial, lateral, medial patella, lateral patella, and suprapatellar. The mean temperature of the total knee was 31.9 ± 1.6 °C. It negatively correlated with age (rho = −0.380, p = 0.016) and positively correlated with BMI (rho = 0.421, p = 0.007) and the IKDC objective score (tau = 0.294, p = 0.016). Men had higher temperatures in the knee medial, lateral, and suprapatellar areas (p = 0.017, p = 0.019, p = 0.025, respectively). Patients with neuropathic pain had a lower temperature of the medial knee area (31.5 ± 1.0 vs. 32.3 ± 1.1, p = 0.042), with the total knee negatively correlating with PainDETECT (p = 0.045). This study demonstrated that the skin temperature of OA symptomatic knees is influenced by demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, with higher joint temperatures in younger male patients with higher BMI and worst objective knee scores and lower temperatures in patients affected by neuropathic pain.
Keywords: infrared thermography; knee; osteoarthritis; joint temperature; inflammation; neuropathic pain infrared thermography; knee; osteoarthritis; joint temperature; inflammation; neuropathic pain

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De Marziani, L.; Boffa, A.; Angelelli, L.; Andriolo, L.; Di Martino, A.; Zaffagnini, S.; Filardo, G. Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062319

AMA Style

De Marziani L, Boffa A, Angelelli L, Andriolo L, Di Martino A, Zaffagnini S, Filardo G. Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(6):2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062319

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De Marziani, Luca, Angelo Boffa, Lucia Angelelli, Luca Andriolo, Alessandro Di Martino, Stefano Zaffagnini, and Giuseppe Filardo. 2023. "Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 6: 2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062319

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De Marziani, L., Boffa, A., Angelelli, L., Andriolo, L., Di Martino, A., Zaffagnini, S., & Filardo, G. (2023). Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(6), 2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062319

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