Duarte Daniela, Alves J C
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal.
Divisão de Medicina Veterinária, Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR), Rua Presidente Arriaga, 9, 1200-771, Lisbon, Portugal.
Lasers Med Sci. 2025 Jun 24;40(1):296. doi: 10.1007/s10103-025-04553-1.
To evaluate the effect of photobiomodulation therapy on healthy joint's range of motion (ROM). Sixteen police working dogs were selected. The limbs of one side of the body were randomly assigned to the treatment group, while the limbs of the other side formed the control group. Elbow, stifle, and tarsal flexion and extension were evaluated, and measurements were made in triplicate by two evaluators, one experienced and one novice. After the initial evaluation, the treated side's joints underwent PBMT. The dogs had a 5-minute rest before the joint ROM was again measured. Digital thermography was also used to assess the joints before and immediately after PBMT, and after the 5-minute rest period. The variability of the joint median measurements was compared using 1-tail t-tests, and the effect size was determined. Following PBMT, significant differences in ROM were observed in all joints (p < 0.01) with a large effect size (0.84 to 0.96). Additionally, digital thermography values showed significant differences in all joints after PBMT (p < 0.01), with an increase of up to 5ºC, with a small to medium effect size (0.31-0.61). A significant difference was found for the stifle and tarsus after the 5 min (p < 0.01). There were no differences in the measurements by the two investigators. PBMT increased ROM and tissue temperature. This suggests that joint mobilization exercises can be improved by and should be conducted after PBMT. There was no significant difference between the measurements of experienced and novice evaluators.
评估光生物调节疗法对健康关节活动范围(ROM)的影响。选取了16只警犬。将犬身体一侧的肢体随机分配到治疗组,另一侧的肢体作为对照组。对肘部、 stifle关节(译者注:可能是指膝盖关节,原文可能拼写有误)和跗关节的屈伸进行评估,由两名评估人员(一名经验丰富,一名新手)进行三次测量。在初始评估后,对治疗侧的关节进行光生物调节疗法(PBMT)。犬在关节活动范围再次测量前休息5分钟。还使用数字热成像技术在PBMT之前、之后以及5分钟休息期后对关节进行评估。使用单尾t检验比较关节中位数测量值的变异性,并确定效应大小。PBMT后,所有关节的活动范围均出现显著差异(p < 0.01),效应大小较大(0.84至0.96)。此外,数字热成像值显示PBMT后所有关节均有显著差异(p <0.01),温度升高高达5摄氏度,效应大小为小到中等(0.31 - 0.61)。5分钟后,stifle关节和跗关节出现显著差异(p < 0.01)。两位研究者的测量结果没有差异。PBMT增加了关节活动范围和组织温度。这表明关节活动练习可以通过PBMT得到改善,并且应该在PBMT之后进行。经验丰富的评估人员和新手评估人员的测量结果没有显著差异。
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