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Nowadays, infrared thermography (IRT) is widely used as a diagnostic tool to assess musculoskeletal disorders or injuries by detecting temperature abnormalities. Similarly, the foot skin temperature evaluation can be added along with the current subjective evaluation to predict if there is any casting pressure, excessive manipulation, or overcorrections of the foot, and other bracing pressure-related complications.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Purpose:<\/jats:bold>The main purpose of this study was to explore the foot skin temperature changes before and after using of manipulation and weekly castings.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>This is an explorative study design. Infrared Thermography (IRT), E33 FLIR thermal imaging camera model, was used to collect the thermal images of the clubfoot before and after casting intervention. A total of 120 thermal images (Medial region of the foot\u201324, Lateral side of the foot\u201324, Dorsal side of the foot\u221224, Plantar side of the foot\u221224, and Heel area of the foot\u201324) were collected from the selected regions of the clubfoot.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>The results of univariate statistical analysis showed that significant temperature changes in some regions of the foot after casting, especially, at the 2nd (M = 32.05\u00b0C, SD = 0.77,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.05), 3rd (M = 31.61, SD = 1.11; 95% CI: 31.27\u201331.96;<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.00), and 6th week of evaluation on the lateral side of the foot (M = 31.15\u00b0C, SD = 1.59; 95% CI: 30.75\u201331.54,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.000). There was no significant temperature changes throughout the weekly casting in the medial side of the foot. In the heel side of the foot, significant temperature changes were noticed after the third and fourth weeks of casting.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>This study found that a decreased foot skin temperature on the dorsal and lateral side of the foot at the 6th week of thermography evaluation. The finding of this study suggest that the infrared thermography (IRT) might be useful as an adjunct assessment tool to evaluate the thermophysiological changes, which can be used to predict the complications caused by improper casting, over manipulative or stretching and casting-pressure related complications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2021.595506","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,20]],"date-time":"2021-04-20T06:08:13Z","timestamp":1618898893000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Infrared Thermal Imaging for Evaluation of Clubfoot After the Ponseti Casting Method\u2014An Exploratory 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