Evidence for Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Millis, Darryl L.; Ciuperca, Ionut Alexandru

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2014.09.001

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“…Body weight and thigh circumference were recorded on day 1, 3, 7, 14, 28, and 42. Thigh circumference measurements were performed by the same person (NZ) using standard techniques . An observation sheet that captured walking ability (paraplegic, nonambulatory paraparetic, ambulatory paraparetic, ataxic, and normal), proprioceptive placing, hopping, segmental spinal reflexes and pain perception (each parameter was allocated an ordinal score for each pelvic limb as follows: 0: absent, 1: reduced, 2: normal) was completed at each evaluation and the number of days to independent walking (ability to take 10 consecutive weight bearing steps) was recorded.…”

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A randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial of postoperative rehabilitation in dogs after surgical decompression of acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Zidan

Sims

Fenn

et al. 2018

Veterinary Internal Medicne

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BackgroundExperimental evidence shows benefit of rehabilitation after spinal cord injury (SCI) but there are limited objective data on the effect of rehabilitation on recovery of dogs after surgery for acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniations (TL‐IVDH).ObjectiveCompare the effect of basic and intensive post‐operative rehabilitation programs on recovery of locomotion in dogs with acute TL‐IVDH in a randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial.AnimalsThirty non‐ambulatory paraparetic or paraplegic (with pain perception) dogs after decompressive surgery for TL‐IVDH.MethodsBlinded, prospective clinical trial. Dogs were randomized (1:1) to a basic or intensive 14‐day in‐house rehabilitation protocol. Fourteen‐day open field gait score (OFS) and coordination (regulatory index, RI) were primary outcomes. Secondary measures of gait, post‐operative pain, and weight were compared at 14 and 42 days.ResultsOf 50 dogs assessed, 32 met inclusion criteria and 30 completed the protocol. There were no adverse events associated with rehabilitation. Median time to walking was 7.5 (2 – 37) days. Mean change in OFS by day 14 was 6.13 (confidence intervals: 4.88, 7.39, basic) versus 5.73 (4.94, 6.53, intensive) representing a treatment effect of −0.4 (−1.82, 1.02) which was not significant, P=.57. RI on day 14 was 55.13 (36.88, 73.38, basic) versus 51.65 (30.98, 72.33, intensive), a non‐significant treatment effect of −3.47 (−29.81, 22.87), P = .79. There were no differences in secondary outcomes between groups.ConclusionsEarly postoperative rehabilitation after surgery for TL‐IVDH is safe but doesn't improve rate or level of recovery in dogs with incomplete SCI.

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A randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial of postoperative rehabilitation in dogs after surgical decompression of acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Zidan

Sims

Fenn

et al. 2018

Veterinary Internal Medicne

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“…(HOLTON et al, 2001;MILLIS, 2004;WISEMAN-ORR et al, 2004;BROWN et al 2007;HESBACH, 2007;QUINN et al, 2007;REID, 2007;HIELM-BJORKMAN et al, 2011;LAVAN, 2013).…”

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“…Consequently, it is believed that assessment of an individual dog's mobility should rely on observations in a familiar environment, and the owner may be the appropriate person to evaluate it by providing a link regarding mobility assessment between domestic and clinic environments. Evaluation of mobility in the home environment may also provide valuable information regarding the degree of return to function, which may represent the best indication of a successful outcome following treatment (MILLIS, 2004). In addition, having the owner as the only evaluator, the interobserver differences are eliminated (QUINN et al, 2007;WAXMAN et al, 2008).…”

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Development of a scale to evaluate mobility in dogs

Gonçalves

Simões²,

Millis

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Cienc. Rural

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“…El uso de las emisiones derivadas del láser infrarrojo (LIR) desde la década del 80 se han constituido en una óptima terapia para el tratamiento de múltiples afecciones que incluyen procesos de cicatrización, solución a problemas musculoesqueléticos y alivio constante del dolor, logrando excelentes resultados en una amplia gama de pacientes (Millis et al, 2004) Estos éxitos en los citados tratamientos se deben a que el láser infrarrojo de baja potencia otorga básicamente una eficaz acción cicatrizante (Castano et al, 2007), antiinflamatoria (Baybekov et al, 2008) y analgésica (Kert & Rose, 1989).…”

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Microscopía Electrónica de Nucleos Hepáticos Estimulados con Dosis Crecientes de Laser Infrarrojo

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RESUMEN: Un total de 20 ratas hembras de 4 meses de vida con peso aproximado de 250 gramos fueron divididas en 4 grupos de animales rotulados como A, B, C y D. El grupo A corresponde al control y los demás grupos recibieron respectivamente estimulaciones con laser infrarrojo con dosis crecientes de 4, 8 y 16 Joules por cm 2 durante 15 días consecutivos en 5 puntos del hígado. Posteriormente las ratas fueron sacrificadas y se extrajeron muestras tanto de hígado control como de los estimulados con inducciones infrarrojas para enseguida ser procesadas para microscopía electrónica de transmisión. De los hepatocitos se obtuvieron microfotografías electrónicas de transmisión con aumentos finales de 9.500 X, las cuales fueron sometidas a estudios morfométricos para determinar fracciones volumétricas de sus núcleos y estructuras nucleares. De igual manera se cuantificaron las áreas nucleares, celulares y se determinó la relación núcleo-citoplasmática de los tipos celulares estudiados. Analizados los resultados entre los hepatocitos controles e irradiados se visualiza que existen notables diferencias en la totalidad de los parámetros cuantificados concluyéndose que los efectos de las estimulaciónes infrarrojas con dosis crecientes genera transformaciones en su ultraestructura y en su morfología, fundamentalmente en el aumento de los volúme-nes nucleares, y celulares, los volúmenes de cromatina y de la relación-núcleo-citoplasmática situación que se traduciría en una variación funcional, representando de esta manera un efecto evidente que estas inducciones infrarrojas generan.

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Evidence for Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Cited by 71 publications

References 98 publications

A randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial of postoperative rehabilitation in dogs after surgical decompression of acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation

A randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial of postoperative rehabilitation in dogs after surgical decompression of acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Development of a scale to evaluate mobility in dogs

Microscopía Electrónica de Nucleos Hepáticos Estimulados con Dosis Crecientes de Laser Infrarrojo

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