Distribution of skin temperature in Mexican children
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Background: Infrared thermography can be a valuable diagnostic tool in the evaluation and management of several pathologies; however, the temperature pattern of the healthy body should be known in order to perform a more precise clinical evaluation. Methods: A total of 25 healthy children (10 female and 15 male) were examined with a thermographic camera. Eighty-four temperature points of the body were recorded, saved in a database, and analyzed. Results: The measurements showed that the forehead, neck, and the cervical area have the highest average temperatures of the whole body, and that the temperature distribution between boys and girls is very similar. The difference in skin temperature along the y-axis of the body varied up to 5.1°C; however, the average difference in skin temperature along the x-axis of the body was 0.7°C. These temperature variations observed in children are lower than the ones reported for adults, which could be due to a greater variation of body fat distribution in adults. Conclusion: This study shows that thermography could be a good tool for disease diagnosis in children as there is a lower skin temperature variation among children than among adults. © 2011 John Wiley %26 Sons A/S.
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Background: Infrared thermography can be a valuable diagnostic tool in the evaluation and management of several pathologies; however, the temperature pattern of the healthy body should be known in order to perform a more precise clinical evaluation. Methods: A total of 25 healthy children (10 female and 15 male) were examined with a thermographic camera. Eighty-four temperature points of the body were recorded, saved in a database, and analyzed. Results: The measurements showed that the forehead, neck, and the cervical area have the highest average temperatures of the whole body, and that the temperature distribution between boys and girls is very similar. The difference in skin temperature along the y-axis of the body varied up to 5.1°C; however, the average difference in skin temperature along the x-axis of the body was 0.7°C. These temperature variations observed in children are lower than the ones reported for adults, which could be due to a greater variation of body fat distribution in adults. Conclusion: This study shows that thermography could be a good tool for disease diagnosis in children as there is a lower skin temperature variation among children than among adults. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
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Infrared imaging; Infrared thermography; Skin temperature Average difference; Average temperature; Body fats; Cervical area; Clinical evaluation; Diagnostic tools; Disease diagnosis; Skin temperature; Skin temperatures; Temperature patterns; Temperature variation; Thermographic cameras; Whole body; Diagnosis; Temperature distribution; Thermography (temperature measurement); Thermography (imaging); adolescent; article; body fat distribution; child; diagnostic kit; female; forehead; human; human experiment; infrared photography; male; Mexico; neck; normal human; preschool child; school child; sex difference; skin temperature; temperature measurement; infrared imaging; infrared thermography; skin temperature; Adolescent; Body Temperature Regulation; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infrared Rays; Male; Mexico; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sex Distribution; Skin Temperature; Thermography; Whole Body Imaging
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