Pedersen Anja, Hyytiäinen Heli K, Rhodin Marie, Forterre Franck, Penell Johanna, Bergh Anna
Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Animals (Basel). 2024 May 30;14(11):1626. doi: 10.3390/ani14111626.
Osteoarthritis is a common degenerative disease in dogs, often manifested as pain, joint swelling, and lameness. Despite the lack of scientific evidence for its treatment efficacy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is used in dogs as a pain-relieving treatment. This randomised single-blinded cross-over study investigated the effect of TENS on gait parameters in fifteen dogs with osteoarthritis. Stance time, swing time, stride time, stride length, peak vertical force (%BW), vertical impulse (%BW*sec), and symmetry indices were obtained using a pressure-sensitive mat. TENS treatment of 80 Hz and 100 µs with an individually selected amplitude was conducted for 45 min once daily for a treatment period of seven or ten days. No significant differences were seen between TENS and placebo for any of the gait parameters. Hence, in this study, TENS did not affect gait parameters, compared to placebo. Further studies are needed to confirm the observations.
骨关节炎是犬类常见的退行性疾病，常表现为疼痛、关节肿胀和跛行。尽管缺乏关于其治疗效果的科学证据，但经皮电刺激神经疗法（TENS）仍被用于犬类的止痛治疗。这项随机单盲交叉研究调查了TENS对15只患有骨关节炎犬的步态参数的影响。使用压敏垫获取站立时间、摆动时间、步幅时间、步幅长度、垂直峰值力（%体重）、垂直冲量（%体重*秒）和对称性指数。采用80Hz和100µs、个体选定幅度的TENS治疗，每天进行1次，每次45分钟，治疗期为7天或10天。在任何步态参数方面，TENS与安慰剂之间均未观察到显著差异。因此，在本研究中，与安慰剂相比，TENS并未影响步态参数。需要进一步的研究来证实这些观察结果。
