Campi elettromagnetici pulsanti nella terapia dell'artrosi del cane

• Main Author: Tribuiani, Anna Maria <1977>
• Other Authors: Venturini, Antonio
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: it
• Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2011
• Subjects: VET/09 Clinica chirurgica veterinaria
• Online Access: http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4002/

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFS) on pain relief and functional capacity of dogs with osteoarthritis by which a single centre study prospective clinical trial. PEMFs are non ionized, athermic and time varying electromagnetic fields that has been successfully used for the treatment of osteoarthritis in human thanks to their chondroprotective, antinflammatory and analgesic property. 20 dogs were treated with PEMFs , 3 times per week for a total of 20 sessions.We found beneficial effects on pain relief and lameness in the absence of adverse effect. The decrease of pain impacted positively on the health-dogs related quality of life and the grade of satisfaction of their owner was very high. The benefits were obvious at half therapy and lasted for a medium long time. This is the first published report concerning PEMFs treatment on canine osteoarthtitis. The result of this study proves that PEMFs is a non –invasive remedy, lacking in adverse effect , easy to employ and useful for controlling pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis.