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Infrared Thermography in Exercise Physiology: The Dawning of Exercise Radiomics
- Source :
- Sports Medicine. 50:263-282
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-invasive tool to measure the body surface radiation temperature (Tsr). IRT is an upcoming technology as a result of recent advancements in camera lenses, detector technique and data processing capabilities. The purpose of this review is to determine the potential and applicability of IRT in the context of dynamic measurements in exercise physiology. We searched PubMed and Google Scholar to identify appropriate articles, and conducted six case experiments with a high-resolution IRT camera (640 × 480 pixels) for complementary illustration. Ten articles for endurance exercise, 12 articles for incremental exercise testing and 11 articles for resistance exercise were identified. Specific Tsr changes were detected for different exercise types. Close to physical exertion or during prolonged exercise six recent studies described “tree-shaped” or “hyper-thermal” surface radiation pattern (Psr) without further specification. For the first time, we describe the Tsr and Psr dynamics and how these may relate to physiological adaptations during exercise and illustrate the differential responsiveness of Psr to resistance or endurance exercise. We discuss how bias related to individual factors, such as skin blood flow, or related to environmental factors could be resolved by innovative technological approaches. We specify why IRT seems to be increasingly capable of differentiating physiological traits relevant for exercise physiologists from various forms of environmental, technical and individual bias. For refined analysis, it will be necessary to develop and implement standardized and accurate pattern recognition technology capable of differentiating exercise modalities to support the evaluation of thermographic data by means of radiomics.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Sports medicine
Infrared Rays
Computer science
Physical Exertion
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Context (language use)
Machine learning
computer.software_genre
Body Temperature
Incremental exercise
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Endurance training
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Exercise physiology
Exercise
Skin
Modalities
business.industry
030229 sport sciences
Thermography
Pattern recognition (psychology)
Artificial intelligence
Skin Temperature
business
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11792035 and 01121642
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sports Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....67d492b055468bfb04a9a5fa27c7df5d