Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intraexaminer and interexaminer reliability of image assessment of infrared thermography of the plantar surface of people with diabetes mellitus. Methods: Fifty-one participants with diabetes were included. The interexaminer reliability (test) consisted of measuring the temperature of the plantar surface by 2 evaluators who separately performed the analysis of thermographic images. The intraexaminer reliability (retest) consisted of the revaluation of the images by a single evaluator 10 days after the first analysis. Results: The analysis of intrareliability and interreliability indicated excellent levels of correlation (intraclass correlation coefficient N0.75, 95% confidence interval >0.70) in the plantar surface points analyzed. Conclusion: Infrared thermography image evaluation identified intrareliability and interreliability for temperature analysis of the plantar surface of people with diabetes mellitus. However, further studies need to be conducted to assess validity and its application in health care. (J Chiropr Med 2018;17:30-35)
Silva et al. REF evaluated the intraexaminer and interexaminer reliability of infrared images of the plantar surface of the participants with diabetes mellitus.
Reliability of Infrared Thermography Images in the Analysis of the Plantar Surface Temperature in Diabetes Mellitus
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Medicine