Clinical Infrared Thermography in Sports and Medicine

Infrared thermography has been proved as a good diagnostic support in medical environment. Thermal imaging allows a quick pre-screening outcome that might guide the health professional to the most convenient diagnostic technique and therefore saving health professionals and institutions time and money.

Depending on the nature of the injury or pathology, tissue can have different thermal responses. This objective, fast and non-invasively obtained information can be provided by infrared thermography to guide health practitioners to correctly identify the issue, monitor and adapt the treatment to the individual circumstances.

Thermal metrics provided by infrared thermography help health professionals to quantify and follow-up the recovery process and avoid any potential re-injury risk or compensation. This objective information can be delivered in visual and individualized reports so patients can better understand and visualize his injury/pathology evolution.