The effectiveness of infrared thermography in patients with whiplash injury.OBJECTIVE
 This study aims to visualize the subjective symptoms before and after the treatment of whiplash injury using infrared (IR) thermography.


 IR thermography was performed for 42 patients who were diagnosed with whiplash injury.  Thermal differences (ΔT) in the neck and shoulder and changes in the thermal differences (ΔdT) before and after treatment were analyzed.  We used Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging equipment of Dorex company for IR thermography.


 The skin temperature of the neck and shoulder immediately after injury showed 1-2℃ hyperthermia than normal.  The skin temperature of sites with whiplash injury is immediately hyperthermia and gradually decreased after two weeks, finally it got close to normal temperature.  IR thermography can be a reliable tool to visualize the symptoms of whiplash injury and the effectiveness of treatment in clinical settings.
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