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- Title
Quantification of skin blood flow with medical infrared thermography following the application of a novel regenerative device.
- Authors
Auer, Veronika; Hildebrandt, Carolin; Müller, Lisa; Raschner, Christian
- Abstract
Medical Infrared Thermography (MIT) makes it possible to quantify regulatory processes of the skin blood flow based on the amount of heat dissipated on the skin surface. The aim of the study was to assess the acute effect of the regenerative device Wobbler® on peripheral blood flow by using the non-invasive technology of MIT. The temperature distributions of the lower limbs of 31 subjects (23.3±2.6 years of age) were analyzed before and after a 12-minute application of the Wobbler® in a sitting position. To test the differences between both legs before and after the application, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test was applied. The quantitative evaluation of the data showed a significant increase in temperature of the treated leg after the application of the Wobbler®, in the area of the lower legs, both anterior (p= 0.003) and posterior (p= 0.002). In the area of the thigh, highly significant increased temperature differences were detected for the anterior part (p= 0.001), while significant temperature differences were found for the posterior section of the thigh (p= 0.004). The present study demonstrated that passive leg movements on the Wobbler® lead to a temperature increase at the skin, thus a treatment effect resulting in an increased blood circulation can be supposed.
- Subjects
SKIN regeneration; BLOOD flow measurement; SKIN blood-vessels; WILCOXON signed-rank test; MEDICAL thermography
- Publication
Thermology International, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 2, p51
- ISSN
1560-604X
- Publication type
Article