Halle Kristin Steinmoen, Granhus Aksel
Logreklinikken AS, Flaggstangåsen 4, 1455 Nordre Frogn, Norway.
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, 1431 Ås, Norway.
Vet Sci. 2021 Sep 17;8(9):199. doi: 10.3390/vetsci8090199.
Spondylosis deformans is a spinal disease common to several dog breeds, and several treatments including veterinary chiropractic may be used to treat affected dogs. Little is known, however, about the efficacy of chiropractic treatment as precautionary measure, aiming to reduce the probability of spondylosis development. We performed a randomized study where one half of the Boxer puppies from 17 litters were given veterinary chiropractic treatment at monthly intervals from eight weeks of age until they were one year old, while the other half were given no treatment (treated: = 44, controls: = 43). At an age of one year, spondylosis occurrence was recorded based on a scoring of X-ray images of the spine. The frequency of occurrence was significantly lower ( = 0.0478) in the treated dogs (25.0%) than in the controls (46.5%). We also tested if spondylosis occurrence in the treated dogs correlated with the average number of spinal joints with decreased mobility found per chiropractic treatment. No such effect was found, however. In summary, our results suggest that veterinary chiropractic treatment may be successfully used to reduce the probability of early development of spondylosis in young Boxers.
变形性脊椎病是几种犬种常见的一种脊柱疾病，包括兽医整脊疗法在内的几种治疗方法可用于治疗患病犬只。然而，对于整脊疗法作为一种预防措施，旨在降低变形性脊椎病发病几率的疗效，人们知之甚少。我们进行了一项随机研究，从17窝拳师犬幼犬中，一半从8周龄开始每月接受一次兽医整脊治疗，直至1岁，另一半不接受治疗（治疗组：= 44，对照组：= 43）。在1岁时，根据脊柱X光图像评分记录变形性脊椎病的发生情况。治疗组犬只（25.0%）的发病率显著低于对照组（46.5%）（= 0.0478）。我们还测试了治疗组犬只中变形性脊椎病的发生与每次整脊治疗中发现的活动度降低的脊柱关节平均数量是否相关。然而，未发现此类影响。总之，我们的结果表明，兽医整脊疗法可能成功用于降低年轻拳师犬早期发生变形性脊椎病的几率。
