Effects of caloric restriction and a moderate or intense physiotherapy program for treatment of lameness in overweight dogs with osteoarthritis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1756-1760

  Mlacnik, Evamaria ^a,c   Bockstahler, Barbara A ^a   Müller, Marion ^a   Tetrick, Mark A ^b   Nap, Richard C ^b,d   Zentek, Jürgen ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b P and G Pet Care   (United States)

^c Arche Noah   (Austria)

^d Uppertunity Consultants   (Netherlands)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET THERAPY; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HOME CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREADMILL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845323728     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.11.1756     Document Type: Article

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