Infrared thermography as a complementary method when diagnosing
birth-related brachial plexus injury

J 2023

Infrared thermography as a complementary method when diagnosing birth-related brachial plexus injury

POKORNÁ, Jana, Zdenka BÁLINTOVÁ, Vladan BERNARD, Erik STAFFA, Vojtěch MORNSTEIN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Infrared thermography as a complementary method when diagnosing birth-related brachial plexus injury

Authors

POKORNÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdenka BÁLINTOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Vladan BERNARD (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Erik STAFFA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch MORNSTEIN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Hana OŠLEJŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, BRATISLAVA, AEPRESS SRO, 2023, 0006-9248

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30200 3.2 Clinical medicine

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.500 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/23:00131732

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4149/bll_2023_090

UT WoS

001041229500006

Keywords in English

birth brachial plexus injury; upper type palsy; peripheral palsy; infrared thermography

Abstract

V originále

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine whether infrared thermography could be used as an efficient technique to evaluate the impact of a birth-related brachial plexus injury on the temperature of the injured arm and whether it could be used as a complementary method when diagnosing this injury in clinical praxis. Background: Clinically, the brachial plexus injury is a peripheral paresis, which occurs when nerves that send signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm, and hand are stretched or compressed. In principle, the brachial plexus injury, as a long-lasting injury, should be causing hypothermia of the injured arm. Methods: The usage of contactless infrared thermography could offer a "new view" of the diagnostic process in this case. The present study, therefore, describes a process of clinical infrared thermography examination of three patients of different age and presents results from those examinations. Results and conclusion: From our results, it can be confirmed that the birth-related brachial plexus injury affects the temperature of the affected arm, especially in the area of the cubital fossa, to an extent that the thermal camera is capable of detecting significant temperature differences between the healthy and injured arms (Tab. 3, Fig. 7, Ref. 13). Text in PDF www.elis.sk Keywords: birth brachial plexus injury, upper type palsy, peripheral palsy, infrared thermography.

Links

MUNI/A/1390/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Dynamická termografie jako nástroj pro sledování zpracování emocí a jejich vztah k míře interoceptivního uvědomění u osob s medicínsky nevysvětlitelnými symptomy

Investor: Masaryk University

MUNI/A/1416/2021, interní kód MU

Name: Dynamická termografie v chirurgii trávicí soustavy (Acronym: DYNTR)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

POKORNÁ, Jana, Zdenka BÁLINTOVÁ, Vladan BERNARD, Erik STAFFA, Vojtěch MORNSTEIN and Hana OŠLEJŠKOVÁ. Infrared thermography as a complementary method when diagnosing birth-related brachial plexus injury. BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY. BRATISLAVA: AEPRESS SRO, 2023, vol. 124, No 8, p. 578-582. ISSN 0006-9248. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4149/bll_2023_090.

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POKORNÁ, Jana, Zdenka BÁLINTOVÁ, Vladan BERNARD, Erik STAFFA, Vojtěch MORNSTEIN and Hana OŠLEJŠKOVÁ. Infrared thermography as a complementary method when diagnosing birth-related brachial plexus injury. \textit{BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY}. BRATISLAVA: AEPRESS SRO, 2023, vol.~124, No~8, p.~578-582. ISSN~0006-9248. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4149/bll\_{}2023\_{}090.

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