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Treatment of Spinal Disorders in Dogs by Manipulation
Author(s) -
MOLTZEN H.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1963.tb01863.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paresis , paraplegia , lumbar , spinal manipulation , surgery , ataxia , spasticity , spinal cord , low back pain , physical therapy , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
— Manipulation (sudden tug or twisting movements exceeding the extreme limits of the vertebral articulations) has been applied to thirty‐four dogs: nine dachshunds, nine cocker spaniels, ten pekinese and six various breeds, all with pain and stiffness in the cervical and/or thoraco‐lumbar region, often accompanied by lameness, paresis, ataxia or paraplegia. Nine cases were examined by X‐ray. There were no pathological findings in two, four showed medium to severe discopathia with calcifications and protrusions, and in three there was spondylo‐arthrosis ossificans. By manipulation of the spine (in fourteen cases only once, in the other cases two to five times each), twenty‐four were completely restored and had normal mobility and no pain. Five dogs suffered relapses several months or years later but were again restored by renewed manipulation. Four cases were free of symptoms or ameliorated at the end of the treatment, but further information is not available. One case (total paralytic paraplegia caused by a chondro‐fibroma) was incurable and euthanized.