THE USE OF THERAPEUTIC CLASS IV LASER IN THE TREATMENT OF ELBOW OSTEOARTHRITIS IN CANIS FAMILIARIS

Type:
Scientific Communication
Topic:
Orthopaedics
Companies:
(1) Centro Medicina Veterinaria Anjos de Assis
(2) Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária - Universidade Lisboa
Authors:
João Fernandes (1)
Pedro Azevedo (1)
Miguel Carreira (1,2)
RESUMEN CORTO - SHORT SUMMARY:

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the major causes of chronic pain in veterinary medicine patients. The photobiomodulation therapy conveyed by Class IV LASER currently appears with promising results in OA treatment. A goniometry is a crucial tool in studying the OA clinical evolution. The present study aimed to evaluate the advantages of therapeutic Class IV LASER use in treating elbow OA patients and its relationships with the parameters: Age, Gender, Race, Time of Claudication, and Affected Limb. A sample of 30 animals (N=30) was used, diagnosed with elbow OA. Three groups were considered: the CG (control group of healthy individuals), the GM (medicated group of OA patients), and the GL (LASER group of OA patients). All patients were subjected to the same medical protocol, varying only in the use of class IV LASER in the GL performed over 21 days. Elbow extension and flexion goniometry was assessed at four different times: T0 (start of treatment), T1 (7 days after treatment), T2 (14 days after treatment), and T3 (21 days after treatment). According to the obtained results, statistically significant differences were registered between GM and GL in the goniometry of extension (p<0,001) and flexion (p<0,001). The intra-group analysis allowed verifying that the Affected Member parameter influences the extension goniometry (GM with p=0,04 and GL with p=0,04) and of flexion only in GL (p<0,01). The present study allowed for the conclusion that the use of class IV LASER is beneficial in the treatment of OA, significantly improving the values of extension and flexion goniometry in OA patients.

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