Avaliação da dor crônica e locomoção de cães com displasia coxofemoral submetidos à acupuntura

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Lívia Ramos [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/139335; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/13-05-2016/000863932.pdf
• topic: Cães - Doenças; Dor intratavel; Acupuntura; Articulação de quadril; Pelve - Inflamação; Acupuncture; Pain

The aim of this study was to evaluate chronic pain and gait analysis in dogs with hip dysplasia (HD) treated with acupuncture, carprofeno or plabebo. The study was a prospective, randomized, double-blind. A total of 47 dogs with lameness secondary to HD and 16 clinically normal dogs were enrolled. The HD dogs were randomized assigned to received acupuncture sessions (n=15), 4,4 mg/kg carprofen (n=16) or placebo (n=16) for 30 days. Owners completed the Canine Brief Pain Inventory (CBPI), Helsinki Chronic Pain Index (HCPI), Visual Analogue Scale for pain (VASpain) and a VAS for locomotion (VASloc) and dogs underwent pressure plate gait analysis two weeks (B1) and right before (B2) the first treatment, within two (W2), four (W4) and six (W6) weeks after treatment beginning. A veterinary also evaluated the locomotion by using a VASloc. Stance time, swing time, gait cycle and size, peak vertical forces, vertical impulse and vertical force distribution were recorded, and a symmetry index (SI) was calculated from each variable of the hindlimbs. There was no difference between treatments on owner's assessment. Pain scores decreased at the end and two weeks after the treatment was over for acupuncture dogs when CBPI and VASpain were used. The values of VASloc decreased for the acupuncture and carprofen dogs by the end of treatment. There were no differences on the gait analyses that indicate changes in lameness. We conclude that the gait analysis is not an effective tool to evaluate the resulting lameness from HD. Both acupuncture and carprofen decrease lameness by subjective evaluation and only acupuncture relieves pain associated with the HD and thus seems to be an option for improving the quality of life of animals with this condition