Kapatkin Amy S, Tomasic Michael, Beech Jill, Meadows Cheyney, Boston Raymond C, Mayhew Philipp D, Powers Michelle Y, Smith Gail K
Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010, USA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 May 1;228(9):1350-4. doi: 10.2460/javma.228.9.1350.
To determine whether use of electrostimuluated acupuncture (ESA) would result in significant improvements in ground reaction forces and lameness scores in dogs with chronic elbow joint osteoarthritis secondary to elbow joint dysplasia.
Randomized, controlled, crossover clinical trial.
9 dogs with chronic forelimb lameness and radiographic evidence of elbow joint osteoarthritis.
All dogs had a 3-week control acclimation period during which gait analysis was performed weekly. Dogs then received ESA once weekly for 3 weeks followed by a sham treatment once weekly for 3 weeks or received the sham treatment followed by ESA. Gait analysis was repeated prior to each treatment, and owners were asked to provide pain scores by use of a visual analog scale method.
Treatment (control, acupuncture, or sham) did not have a significant effect on ground reaction forces for any limb. Owners of 8 of the 9 dogs were able to correctly guess the time period when ESA was delivered.
Results suggested that ESA did not have any significant effects on severity of lameness, as determined by measurement of ground reaction forces, or severity of pain, as determined by visual analog scale pain scores, in dogs with chronic elbow joint osteoarthritis secondary to elbow joint dysplasia.
确定使用电刺激针灸（ESA）是否会使继发于肘关节发育异常的慢性肘关节骨关节炎犬的地面反作用力和跛行评分得到显著改善。
随机、对照、交叉临床试验。
9只患有慢性前肢跛行且有肘关节骨关节炎影像学证据的犬。
所有犬均有3周的对照适应期，在此期间每周进行步态分析。然后，犬每周接受一次ESA，共3周，随后每周接受一次假治疗，共3周，或者先接受假治疗，然后接受ESA。在每次治疗前重复进行步态分析，并要求主人使用视觉模拟评分法提供疼痛评分。
治疗（对照、针灸或假治疗）对任何肢体的地面反作用力均无显著影响。9只犬中有8只的主人能够正确猜出接受ESA的时间段。
结果表明，对于继发于肘关节发育异常的慢性肘关节骨关节炎犬，通过测量地面反作用力确定的跛行严重程度或通过视觉模拟评分疼痛评分确定的疼痛严重程度，ESA均无任何显著影响。
