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Thermographic imaging in sports and exercise medicine: A Delphi study and consensus statement on the measurement of human skin temperature. / Moreira, Danilo Gomes; Costello, Joseph T.; Brito, Ciro J. et al.
In: Journal of Thermal Biology, Vol. 69, 01.10.2017, p. 155-162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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T1 - Thermographic imaging in sports and exercise medicine: A Delphi study and consensus statement on the measurement of human skin temperature
AU - Moreira, Danilo Gomes
AU - Costello, Joseph T.
AU - Brito, Ciro J.
AU - Adamczyk, Jakub G.
AU - Ammer, Kurt
AU - Bach, Aaron J.E.
AU - Costa, Carlos M.A.
AU - Eglin, Clare
AU - Fernandes, Alex A.
AU - Fernández-Cuevas, Ismael
AU - Ferreira, José J.A.
AU - Formenti, Damiano
AU - Fournet, Damien
AU - Havenith, George
AU - Howell, Kevin
AU - Jung, Anna
AU - Kenny, Glen P.
AU - Kolosovas-Machuca, Eleazar S.
AU - Maley, Matthew J.
AU - Merla, Arcangelo
AU - Pascoe, David D.
AU - Priego Quesada, Jose I.
AU - Schwartz, Robert G.
AU - Seixas, Adérito R.D.
AU - Selfe, James
AU - Vainer, Boris G.
AU - Sillero-Quintana, Manuel
N1 - National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development (CNPq) for the phD Scholarship number 205815/2014-6 for DGM and 234243/2014-7 for CJB. Participating societies included the European Association of Thermology (EAT), American Academy of Thermology (AAT), and Polish Society of Medical Thermography. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - The importance of using infrared thermography (IRT) to assess skin temperature (tsk) is increasing in clinical settings. Recently, its use has been increasing in sports and exercise medicine; however, no consensus guideline exists to address the methods for collecting data in such situations. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist for the collection of tsk using IRT in sports and exercise medicine. We carried out a Delphi study to set a checklist based on consensus agreement from leading experts in the field. Panelists (n = 24) representing the areas of sport science (n = 8; 33%), physiology (n = 7; 29%), physiotherapy (n = 3; 13%) and medicine (n = 6; 25%), from 13 different countries completed the Delphi process. An initial list of 16 points was proposed which was rated and commented on by panelists in three rounds of anonymous surveys following a standard Delphi procedure. The panel reached consensus on 15 items which encompassed the participants’ demographic information, camera/room or environment setup and recording/analysis of tsk using IRT. The results of the Delphi produced the checklist entitled “Thermographic Imaging in Sports and Exercise Medicine (TISEM)” which is a proposal to standardize the collection and analysis of tsk data using IRT. It is intended that the TISEM can also be applied to evaluate bias in thermographic studies and to guide practitioners in the use of this technique.
AB - The importance of using infrared thermography (IRT) to assess skin temperature (tsk) is increasing in clinical settings. Recently, its use has been increasing in sports and exercise medicine; however, no consensus guideline exists to address the methods for collecting data in such situations. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist for the collection of tsk using IRT in sports and exercise medicine. We carried out a Delphi study to set a checklist based on consensus agreement from leading experts in the field. Panelists (n = 24) representing the areas of sport science (n = 8; 33%), physiology (n = 7; 29%), physiotherapy (n = 3; 13%) and medicine (n = 6; 25%), from 13 different countries completed the Delphi process. An initial list of 16 points was proposed which was rated and commented on by panelists in three rounds of anonymous surveys following a standard Delphi procedure. The panel reached consensus on 15 items which encompassed the participants’ demographic information, camera/room or environment setup and recording/analysis of tsk using IRT. The results of the Delphi produced the checklist entitled “Thermographic Imaging in Sports and Exercise Medicine (TISEM)” which is a proposal to standardize the collection and analysis of tsk data using IRT. It is intended that the TISEM can also be applied to evaluate bias in thermographic studies and to guide practitioners in the use of this technique.
KW - Checklist
KW - Guideline
KW - Infrared thermography
KW - Protocol
KW - Thermoregulation
KW - Sports Medicine/methods
KW - Thermography/methods
KW - Humans
KW - Body Temperature Regulation
KW - Animals
KW - Delphi Technique
KW - Exercise
KW - Exercise Therapy/methods
KW - Skin Temperature
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025700770&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.07.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29037377
AN - SCOPUS:85025700770
VL - 69
SP - 155
EP - 162
JO - Journal of Thermal Biology
JF - Journal of Thermal Biology
SN - 0306-4565
ER -
ID: 12078413