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TTDN is a new thermography approach used to support trigger points (TrPs) diagnostic criteria by presence of short-term vasomotor reactions occurring in the area where TrPs refer pain.<jats:italic>Method<\/jats:italic>. Thirty chronic sciatica patients (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n=15<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>TrP-positive and<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n=15<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>TrPs-negative) and 15 healthy volunteers were evaluated by TTDN three times during two consecutive days based on TrPs of the gluteus minimus muscle confirmed additionally by referred pain presence. TTDN employs average temperature (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">v<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">r<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), maximum temperature (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">m<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">x<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), low\/high isothermal-area, and autonomic referred pain phenomenon (AURP) that reflects vasodilatation\/vasoconstriction. Validity and test-retest reliability were assessed concurrently.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Two components of TTDN validity and reliability,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">v<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">r<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>and AURP, had almost perfect agreement according to<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M6\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>\u03ba<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>(e.g., thigh: 0.880 and 0.938; calf: 0.902 and 0.956, resp.). The sensitivity for<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M7\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">v<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">r<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M8\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">m<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">x<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>, AURP, and high isothermal-area was 100% for everyone, but specificity of 100% was for<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M9\"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>T<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">a<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">v<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">r<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>and AURP only.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. 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