Thermographic and ultrasound assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: can thermography detect subclinical synovitis at the wrist?

Table 1 Comparing imaging findings between patient groups

Imaging parameter	Asymptomatic group patients with non-swollen and non-tender wrists (n = 50)	Symptomatic group patients with swollen and/or tender wrists (n = 37)	p-value
TPD score, mean(SD)	1.0 (1.2)	2.4 (1.4)	< 0.001***
TGS score, mean(SD)	2.1 (1.0)	3.1 (1.3)	0.0002***
Tavg, mean(SD)	31.0 (1.5)	32.0 (1.6)	0.006**
Tmax, mean(SD)	32.0 (1.5)	33.0 (1.7)	0.003**
Tmin, mean(SD)	29.9 (1.5)	30.7 (1.6)	0.03*

Abbreviations TPD, total power Doppler; TGS, total grey-scale; Tavg, average temperature
Tmax, maximum temperature; Tmin, minimum temperature
Statistically significant: ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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