Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
Online ISSN : 1347-7439
Print ISSN : 0916-7250
ISSN-L : 0916-7250
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Thermographic Evaluation for the Efficacy of Acupuncture on Induced Chronic Arthritis in the Dog
Se-Wook UMMin-Su KIMJi-Hey LIMSun-Young KIMKang-Moon SEOTchi-Chou NAM
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2005 Volume 67 Issue 12 Pages 1283-1284

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This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on induced chronic arthritis of the dog by thermography. Complete Freund's adjuvant was injected into the left knee joint of 8 dogs to induce arthritis. Acupuncture was applied to BL-40, GB-33, GB-34, and LIV-8 once a week for 4 consecutive weeks, from 3 weeks after induction of chronic arthritis, in treatment group. At 3 weeks of acupuncture treatment, skin temperature difference (ΔT) of treatment group returned to normal range (< 0.3°C), while ΔT remained high in non-treatment group. Infrared thermography (IRT) is useful to evaluate the treatment of acupuncture for induced canine chronic arthritis. Therefore, it is considered that clinical application of IRT in arthritis treatment would be also valuable.

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