Use of infrared thermography for the diagnosis and grading of sprained ankle injuries

The major conclusions were that thermographic analysis of ankle sprain injuries might have some potential to be used clinically, especially in acute settings such as those that occur in hospital emergency areas and in sports practice. There is currently no practical technology to be used for grading ankle sprain lesions, with the gold standard being magnetic resonance imaging. Thermography provides results rapidly and without the need for extensive equipment operating expertise. Based on scientific data present in the literature, this is the first description of the use of this technology with such an objective regarding ankle sprain lesions. Further work is needed, nonetheless, to amplify the sample number with the herein chosen parameters and possibly use dynamic thermography.