Diagnóstico termográfico preventivo para lesiones músculo esqueléticas más comunes en futbolistas.

Abstract

This document details the construction and operation of a preventive diagnosis system for musco-skeletal injuries in footballers, which consists of three subsystems: the first communication subsystem, which through serial connection exchanges data between the Arduino board and the Matlab GUI where the height data of the soccer player and articulation to be examined will be entered, after the process in this interface the final diagnosis will be shown detailing the area and the possible injury. The second subsystem captures images, the data previously entered in the graphic interface activates the mechanism, which causes the thermal camera to be positioned in front of the extremity to be analyzed, capturing the images and storing them in a folder for further processing. The third artificial vision subsystem, is responsible for the recognition and identification of red patterns in thermographic photographs, the algorithm detects the presence of reddish coloration in the images indicating that there is an increase in temperature in the muscle, which leads to a possible sprain or dislocation.