Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Acupuncture helped reduce knee arthritis heat in dogs shown
By Um, Se-Wook et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2005·Department of Veterinary Surgery, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Thermographic evaluation for the efficacy of acupuncture on induced chronic arthritis in the dog.
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Plain-English summary
Eight dogs with chronic arthritis in their left knee were treated with acupuncture once a week for four weeks. The acupuncture helped reduce inflammation, as shown by a return to normal skin temperature in the treated dogs, while those not receiving acupuncture continued to show high temperatures. This suggests that acupuncture may be an effective treatment option for dogs suffering from arthritis.
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Abstract
This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on induced chronic arthritis of the dog by thermography. Complete Freund's adjuvant was injected into the left knee joint of 8 dogs to induce arthritis. Acupuncture was applied to BL-40, GB-33, GB-34, and LIV-8 once a week for 4 consecutive weeks, from 3 weeks after induction of chronic arthritis, in treatment group. At 3 weeks of acupuncture treatment, skin temperature difference (DeltaT) of treatment group returned to normal range (< 0.3 degrees C), while DeltaT remained high in non-treatment group. Infrared thermography (IRT) is useful to evaluate the treatment of acupuncture for induced canine chronic arthritis. Therefore, it is considered that clinical application of IRT in arthritis treatment would be also valuable.
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