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This study aimed to determine the degree of skin temperature asymmetry in patients with distal radius fractures during the rehabilitation process, at the beginning and at discharge, as well as to examine the correlation between thermal asymmetry and clinical indicators of injury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Infrared images of the forearms with distal radius fractures were taken from 17 patients at two time points: the first during the initial visit with the rehabilitation physician, and the second at the time of medical discharge. In addition, different clinical variables were recorded (e.g., pain perception, the degree of dorsal flexion, palmar flexion, supination, or pronation, etc.).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The injured wrist exhibited higher skin temperature than the non-injured wrist (mean difference: 0.8\u20132.0\u00a0\u00b0C; maximum: 0.9\u20131.8\u00a0\u00b0C; minimum: 0.5\u20132.1\u00a0\u00b0C) at the beginning of the rehabilitation. In the second visit, at the time of patient discharge, none of the thermal variables showed differences between the two extremities (p&amp;gt;0.05). Dorsiflexion was the only clinical variable that showed an association with thermal asymmetries (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.10).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings support the use of infrared thermography as a complementary, non-invasive technique for monitoring inflammation and recovery\u00a0during the rehabilitation of distal radius fractures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphys.2026.1830281","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]],"date-time":"2026-05-19T04:22:28Z","timestamp":1779164548000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Monitoring distal radius fractures during rehabilitation using infrared thermography"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Manuel","family":"Rovira-Esteve","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group in Sports Biomechanics (GIBD), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eduardo","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Ramos-Cabellero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rehabilitation Unit, Manises Hospital","place":["Manises, Spain"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M\u0430 Fe","family":"Miguez-Rey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group in Medical Physics (GIFIME), Department of Physiology, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]},{"name":"Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Department, Clinical Hospital of Valencia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rosa M.","family":"Cibrian-Ortiz de Anda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group in Medical Physics (GIFIME), Department of Physiology, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jose Ignacio","family":"Priego-Quesada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group in Sports Biomechanics (GIBD), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]},{"name":"Research Group in Medical Physics (GIFIME), Department of Physiology, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia","place":["Valencia, Spain"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"383","DOI":"10.2165\/00007256-199928060-00001","article-title":"Anti-inflammatory treatment of muscular injuries in sport. 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