Eletroterapia em animais de companhia: uma revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Klein, Gabriela
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Barcelos, Gabriella
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/3312
• topic: Eletroestimulação; Fisioterapia; NMES; TENS; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::MEDICINA VETERINARIA

Electrostimulation is a physiotherapy modality that aims to induce muscle contraction and can generate muscle strengthening and analgesia for the patient. This therapy has two main configurations, being them, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) and Transcutaneous Nervous Electrostimulation (TENS). Electrostimulation can be indicated in cases of orthopedic diseases and in the postoperative of orthopedic surgeries, neurological diseases and muscular atrophies. Thus, the objective of this article was to describe the technique of electrotherapy and its functions in veterinary physiotherapy for pets. For this, the method used was a literature review using the terms electrostimulation, veterinary physiotherapy, electrotherapy, NMES, TENS and electroestimulación in the Google academic and Scielo search bases. The main inclusion factors were studies that applied physiotherapy and electrotherapy in pets and that described the results of electrotherapy as treatment for several pathologies. Eleven studies were evaluated and with them it was possible to conclude that electrotherapy has an analgesic effect, muscle strengthening, improves functional recovery of the limbs and can be adjuvant in the treatment of neurological disorders.