Dibai Filho Almir Vieira, Packer Amanda Carine, Costa Ana Cláudia de Souza, Berni-Schwarzenbeck Kelly Cristina dos Santos, Rodrigues-Bigaton Delaine
Postgraduate Program in Physiotherapy, Methodist University of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2012 Jun;35(5):413-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.04.006. Epub 2012 May 17.
The purpose of the study was to analyze the upper trapezius muscle temperature using thermography in women with and without neck pain.
Thirty-six female university students were classified through the Neck Disability Index (NDI) into 2 groups: the neck pain group comprised 18 volunteers diagnosed with mild disability, and the control group, 18 healthy volunteers. All subjects were submitted to evaluation by thermography, which registered the skin surface temperature of the upper bilateral trapezius muscle. Student t test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for the comparison between the groups, and the Spearman correlation coefficient was used for the appropriate correlations between the NDI score and the temperature values. A significance level of 5% was set.
No significant difference was found between the groups regarding the temperature values of the upper left (P = .565) and right (P = .917) trapezius muscles, as well as in comparisons of temperature asymmetry (P = .542). In addition, no significant association was found between the study variables (P > .05).
Women with neck pain, diagnosed with mild disability by NDI, did not present with reduction or asymmetry of upper trapezius muscle temperature when compared with a group without neck pain.
本研究旨在使用热成像技术分析有颈部疼痛和无颈部疼痛女性的上斜方肌温度。
36名女大学生通过颈部功能障碍指数（NDI）分为两组：颈部疼痛组由18名被诊断为轻度功能障碍的志愿者组成，对照组为18名健康志愿者。所有受试者均接受热成像评估，记录双侧上斜方肌的皮肤表面温度。采用学生t检验和曼-惠特尼U检验进行组间比较，采用斯皮尔曼相关系数分析NDI评分与温度值之间的相关性。设定显著性水平为5%。
左上（P = 0.565）和右上（P = 0.917）斜方肌的温度值以及温度不对称性比较（P = 0.542），两组之间均未发现显著差异。此外，研究变量之间未发现显著关联（P > 0.05）。
与无颈部疼痛的组相比，经NDI诊断为轻度功能障碍的颈部疼痛女性，其上斜方肌温度未出现降低或不对称。
