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L A Janssens

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PubMed1992

Acupuncture for the treatment of thoracolumbar and cervical disc disease in the dog.

Thoracolumbar disc disease (TLDD) and cervical disc disease (CDD) occur quite regularly in veterinary small animal practice, occurring predominantly in chondrodystrophic breeds and mostly around the age of 5-6 years. CDD is responsible for +/- 15% and TLDD for +/- 85% of disc herniations. Treatments may consist of surgery or medication or both. Acupuncture can also be used as a treatment for TLDD and CDD. With a few exceptions, the results of acupuncture treatment for TLDD and CDD are favorable and comparable to those of surgical treatments. The acupuncture techniques presented here are relatively simple and can be learned in a minimum of time.

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PubMed1992

Trigger point therapy.

Trigger points (TP) are objectively demonstrable foci in muscles. They are painful on compression and trigger pain in a referred area. This area may be the only locus of complaint in humans. In dogs we cannot prove the existence of referred zones of pain. Therefore, we can only diagnose a TP-induced claudication if we cannot find bone, joint, or neurologic abnormalities, and we do find TP that disappear after treatment together with the original lameness. Several methods have been developed to demonstrate TP existence objectively. These are pressure algometry, pressure threshold measurements, magnetic resonance thermography, and histology. In humans, 71% of the TP described are acupuncture points. TP treatment consists of TP stimulation with non-invasive or invasive methods such as dry needling or injections. In the dog, ten TP are described in two categories of clinical patients. First, those with one or few TP reacting favorably on treatment (+/- 80% success in +/- 2-3 weeks). Second, those with many TPs reacting badly on treatment. Most probably the latter group are fibromyalgia patients.

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PubMed1990

[Cervical disk hernia in dogs: a review].

Cervical disc disease is caused by slow or rapid herniation of the intervertebral disc, usually between C2 and C5. The outstanding symptom is pain. Neurological defects are present in approximately 40 per cent of the dogs. Treatment consists of chemotherapy and/or surgery (fenestration or decompression). Fenestration results is gradual resolution of the symptoms, whereas decompression results in rapid resolution. Fenestration has the advantage of preventing future recurrences. The present paper presents a review of the literature, and particular aspects are emphasised on the basis of personal clinical experience.

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Trigger points in 48 dogs with myofascial pain syndromes.

Seven foci of pain (trigger points) were identified in the triceps brachii, infraspinatus, adductor-pectineus, peroneus longus, gluteus medius, ileocostorum lumborum, and quadriceps femoris muscles in 48 lame dogs. The dogs had been lame for 1 day to 150 weeks (mean, 24 weeks). Thirty-one dogs had been treated unsuccessfully with corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, or acupuncture. Palpating the trigger points induced severe pain. Treatment consisted of weekly stimulation of the trigger points by needling or injection of a local anesthetic. The mean treatment period was 2.8 weeks. Excellent results and complete recovery were observed in 34 dogs (60%).

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