Clinical effects of magnetic field and transcutaneuous electrical nerve stimulation in dogs suffering from hind quarter neurological deficit

摘要

Conventional drug therapy, CDT (n=8) alone and in combination with static magnetic field therapy, SMFT (n=8) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, TENS (n=8) was given in dogs suffering from hind quarter neurological deficit. For SMF therapy, 4 bipolar permanent magnet bars, each of 850 - 950 gauss were selected and used in 2 pairs, each lying on either side of the vertebral column with the opposite poles facing each other. The magnetic field was applied daily for 2 hours for 14 days. TENSat 100 Hz frequency, using 2 pole electrodes over the intervertebral foramen at lumbar region, was given daily for 10 minutes for 14 days. All the animals regained their normal postural reactions, except hopping reaction in hind limbs, by day 14 of thetherapy. Hopping reaction was achieved in 9 dogs (2 in group I, 3 in group II and 4 dogs in group III) on day 14 and in rest of them on day 28. The dogs treated with TENS in combination with CDT showed early recovery followed by SMFT along with CDT and CDT alone.