Daily controlled physiotherapy increases survival time in dogs with suspected degenerative myelopathy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-932

  Kathmann, Iris ^a,d   Cizinauskas, S ^b   Doherr, M G ^a   Steffen, F ^c   Jaggy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Referral Neurology Clinic Aist   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Section of Neurology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breeds; Clinical signs; Degenerative spinal cord disease; Effectiveness; Physiotherapeutic protocol

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MASSAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748341050     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[927:DCPIST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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