Key result
Combined thermography and ultrasound-induced pain shows promise as an early diagnostic method for stress fractures.
Why the study?
Do thermography and ultrasound-induced pain tests accurately diagnose stress fractures in patients with shin pain compared to scintigraphy?
Population
18 patients with shin pain clinically considered to be caused by a stress fracture of the tibia or fibula
Comparison
Thermography and ultrasound-induced pain test vs Scintigraphy (reference standard) and radiography
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support noninvasive early detection of tibial stress fractures; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Cross-Sectional (n=18)
Do thermography and ultrasound-induced pain tests accurately diagnose stress fractures in patients with shin pain compared to scintigraphy?
The combination of thermography and ultrasound stress tests may provide an early method for detecting stress fractures in the tibia and fibula, potentially avoiding scintiscans.
Martin D. Devereaux (1984) conducted a cross-sectional in Shin pain suspected to be a stress fracture of the tibia or fibula (n=18). Thermography and ultrasound-induced pain test vs. Scintigraphy and radiography was evaluated on Detection of stress fractures confirmed by scintigraphy. Among 15 patients with scintigraphy-confirmed stress fractures, thermography detected 12 and ultrasound-induced pain detected 8, suggesting their combination may provide an early diagnostic method.
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