Nawrot Karolina, Soroko-Dubrovina Maria, Zielińska Paulina, Dudek Krzysztof, Howell Kevin
Institute of Animal Breeding, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-160 Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Surgery, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, pl. Grunwaldzki 51, 50-366 Wroclaw, Poland.
Animals (Basel). 2024 May 23;14(11):1538. doi: 10.3390/ani14111538.
The study aimed to evaluate the impact of BEMER (Physical Vascular Therapy) on body surface temperature using infrared thermography (IRT) in the distal parts of the forelimbs in Thoroughbreds. The study tested the hypothesis that BEMER therapy leads to an increase in body surface temperature and blood vessel diameter in the distal parts of the forelimbs. The study involved 16 horses, split into 2 groups: active BEMER ( = 8) and sham ( = 8). The active BEMER group had BEMER boots applied to the distal parts of the forelimbs, whereas the sham group had BEMER boots applied without activation of the device. Both groups underwent IRT examination to detect changes in body surface temperature, followed by ultrasonographic examination to assess changes in vein and artery diameter before (BT) and just after (JAT) therapy. The IRT examination was repeated 15 min after BEMER therapy (15AT). There were no significant body surface temperature differences between BT and JAT in any regions of interest (ROIs) in either group. In the active BEMER group, the ROIs did not change significantly at 15AT, compared to the temperatures measured at BT (except for the hooves). At 15AT the temperature of all the ROIs (except the fetlock bone) dropped significantly in the sham group. In the ultrasonographic examination, there was a significant increase in vein and artery diameter in the study group JAT, whereas the sham group had a significant increase only in artery diameter JAT. These results suggest an effect of BEMER on stimulating blood circulation in the distal parts of the forelimbs in clinically healthy horses. IRT did not identify changes in skin surface temperature after BEMER therapy at the distal parts of the forelimbs.
本研究旨在利用红外热成像（IRT）评估百脉能（物理血管治疗）对纯种马前肢远端体表温度的影响。该研究检验了以下假设：百脉能疗法会导致前肢远端体表温度升高以及血管直径增大。本研究涉及16匹马，分为两组：百脉能治疗组（n = 8）和假治疗组（n = 8）。百脉能治疗组在前肢远端使用百脉能靴，而假治疗组使用未激活设备的百脉能靴。两组均接受IRT检查以检测体表温度变化，随后进行超声检查以评估治疗前（BT）和治疗后即刻（JAT）静脉和动脉直径的变化。在百脉能治疗后15分钟（15AT）重复进行IRT检查。两组中任何感兴趣区域（ROI）在BT和JAT之间均无显著的体表温度差异。在百脉能治疗组中，与BT时测量的温度相比，15AT时ROI没有显著变化（蹄部除外）。在假治疗组中，15AT时所有ROI（除球节骨外）的温度均显著下降。在超声检查中，研究组JAT时静脉和动脉直径显著增加，而假治疗组仅动脉直径在JAT时有显著增加。这些结果表明百脉能对临床健康马匹前肢远端的血液循环有刺激作用。IRT未发现百脉能治疗后前肢远端皮肤表面温度的变化。
