Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Treatment using repositioning maneuvers for vestibular disease
By Kraeling, Margaret·Published in Topics in companion animal medicine·2014·The Canine Fitness Centre Ltd, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Proposed treatment for geriatric vestibular disease in dogs.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of older dogs with sudden balance issues and severe nausea were treated using a special repositioning technique that has worked well for similar problems in people. This method was tested on 12 dogs, and it helped improve their symptoms. While traditional treatments mainly focus on providing relief, this new approach offers a more active way to help dogs recover from vestibular disease. Many of the dogs showed improvement after undergoing the repositioning maneuvers.
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Abstract
Sudden-onset vestibular dysfunction in the canine is a commonly seen condition in veterinary practice, with some veterinarians reporting several cases each month. However, traditional veterinary medicine has little to offer these patients other than symptomatic relief for the severe nausea that accompanies the vertigo and supportive advice for the owners. Owners of affected dogs are informed that these symptoms usually resolve within a few days. As physical therapists, we often see cases of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in our human practice clinics, and effective protocols for diagnosis and treatment of the condition have been developed for this condition. A modified testing and repositioning postural maneuver used successfully on 12 canine patients in our canine rehabilitation clinic (The Canine Fitness Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is hereby described.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25103883/