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Gatt A, Formosa C, Cassar K, et al. Thermographic patterns of the upper and lower limbs: baseline data. Int J Vasc Med. 2015;2015:831369doi: 10.1155/2015/831369.
Gatt, A., Formosa, C., Cassar, K., Camilleri, K. P., De Raffaele, C., Mizzi, A., Azzopardi, C., Mizzi, S., Falzon, O., Cristina, S., & Chockalingam, N. (2015). Thermographic patterns of the upper and lower limbs: baseline data. International journal of vascular medicine, 2015831369. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/831369
Gatt, Alfred, et al. "Thermographic patterns of the upper and lower limbs: baseline data." International journal of vascular medicine vol. 2015 (2015): 831369. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/831369
Gatt A, Formosa C, Cassar K, Camilleri KP, De Raffaele C, Mizzi A, Azzopardi C, Mizzi S, Falzon O, Cristina S, Chockalingam N. Thermographic patterns of the upper and lower limbs: baseline data. Int J Vasc Med. 2015;2015:831369. doi: 10.1155/2015/831369. Epub 2015 Jan 13. PMID: 25648145; PMCID: PMC4310239.
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Int J Vasc Med. 2015;2015:831369. doi: 10.1155/2015/831369. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Thermographic patterns of the upper and lower limbs: baseline data.

International journal of vascular medicine

Alfred Gatt, Cynthia Formosa, Kevin Cassar, Kenneth P Camilleri, Clifford De Raffaele, Anabelle Mizzi, Carl Azzopardi, Stephen Mizzi, Owen Falzon, Stefania Cristina, Nachiappan Chockalingam

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta ; Faculty of Health Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF, UK.
  2. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta.
  3. Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta.
  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta.

PMID: 25648145 PMCID: PMC4310239 DOI: 10.1155/2015/831369

Abstract

Objectives. To collect normative baseline data and identify any significant differences between hand and foot thermographic distribution patterns in a healthy adult population. Design. A single-centre, randomized, prospective study. Methods. Thermographic data was acquired using a FLIR camera for the data acquisition of both plantar and dorsal aspects of the feet, volar aspects of the hands, and anterior aspects of the lower limbs under controlled climate conditions. Results. There is general symmetry in skin temperature between the same regions in contralateral limbs, in terms of both magnitude and pattern. There was also minimal intersubject temperature variation with a consistent temperature pattern in toes and fingers. The thumb is the warmest digit with the temperature falling gradually between the 2nd and the 5th fingers. The big toe and the 5th toe are the warmest digits with the 2nd to the 4th toes being cooler. Conclusion. Measurement of skin temperature of the limbs using a thermal camera is feasible and reproducible. Temperature patterns in fingers and toes are consistent with similar temperatures in contralateral limbs in healthy subjects. This study provides the basis for further research to assess the clinical usefulness of thermography in the diagnosis of vascular insufficiency.

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