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| Berté,L.; Mazzanti,A.; Salbego,F.Z.; Beckmann,D.V.; Santos,R.P.; Polidoro,D.; Baumhardt,R.. |
| The study evaluated the influence of immediate physical therapy on the functional recovery of hind limbs of dogs with experimental cranial cruciate ligament rupture which underwent surgical extracapsular stabilization as well as to verify its interference in joint stability. Eight dogs were randomly divided into two groups: GI (control) (n=4) and GII (physical therapy) (n=4). The dogs in GII underwent the following therapeutic treatments in the postoperative period: cryotherapy, passive joint movement, massage, passive straightening, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, hydrotherapy (bath and aquatic mat) and therapeutic exercises. We performed evaluations of the thigh circumference, goniometry, X-ray, and knee stability (drawer test). Results did not... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Dog; Knee; Surgery; Physiotherapy; Trauma. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352012000100001 |
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