Evaluation of electroacupuncture treatment for thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 913-918

  Hayashi, Ayne Murata ^a   Matera, Julia Maria ^a   Pinto, Ana Carolina Brandao De Campos Fonseca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EARLY AMBULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548833015     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.6.913     Document Type: Article

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