https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos VM 714 Group Assignment: Clinical Consult 12 Kate BaDour, Nina Marchell, Kaitlyn Parsons-Whitmer, Nicole Towner, Dakota Anseth, Courteney Walker, Rebekah Raynor en-us 2020-09-24 16:46:56 UTC 2020-10-04 02:05:11 UTC hello@padlet.com katelynbadour https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/777696938 This systematic review assesses several case studies evaluating different therapeutic treatments for the management of osteoarthritis. Two case studies looked at the use of acupuncture, electrostimulated acupuncture and gold wire acupuncture, for the use of musculoskeletal disease. Both studies found that there was no statistical significance between the control groups or the treatment groups.   ]]> 2020-09-24 21:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/777696938 https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/785309225 The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture alone or combined with analgesics in chronic pain and quality of life by owners The study found that the use of acupuncture alone or in combination with analgesics reduced pain and improved quality of life in dogs with neurological and musculoskeletal diseases.

]]> 2020-09-28 17:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/785309225 https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/785444227 2 case reports summarize how acupuncture was helpful in pain management. The first is an osteoarthritis case, and the second being a painful neurologic disease case. The osteoarthritis case reported a 13 year old Weimaraner that suffered from severe osteoarthritis in multiple joints (inc. elbows) that greatly improved and urinary incontinence that completely resolved after 3 treatments of acupuncture.

]]> 2020-09-28 18:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/785444227 https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/792068016 This is a clinical trial involving nine dogs that were treated for chronic elbow joint osteoarthritis secondary to elbow joint dysplasia. The treatment was in three phases between electrostimulated acupuncture (ESA), a sham treatment, and no treatment, over the course of three weeks along with routine gait analysis and pain scoring. Owners were double-blinded yet noticed improvement in their dogs when in the ESA treatment phase. However, treatment overall did not seem to have a significant effect on ground reaction forces for any limb (severity of lameness or pain).]]> 2020-09-30 16:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/792068016 https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/793175061 This randomized control study tests the effects of dry needle acupuncture treatment on dogs suffering from hip dysplasia and osteoarthritis. The purpose of the study was to see if acupuncture treatment influenced locomotion of dogs with osteoarthritis.  In conclusion, although no statistically significant changes were detected, the results indicate that dry needle acupuncture treatment might have had an influence on the locomotion of the dogs in the acupuncture group by slightly reducing hind limb lameness. ]]> 2020-09-30 22:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/793175061 courteneywalker https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/793413343 In this study 47 client owned dogs with naturally occurring lameness were subjected to “blind treatment” and then asked to complete questionnaires based on their dogs comfort and mobility. 21 different breeds were examined for this study. Clients did not not know the treatment schedule of their dog. Dogs participating in the study were given instructions that are to be routinely followed when receiving manual therapy and acupuncture. The dogs were split into 2 groups: A and B. During the first two appointments group A dogs were cage rested for thirty minutes and then returned to owners with no treatment. During the same time period group B dogs received a thirty minute examination and treatment. The treatment was reversed between the two groups for weeks 3 and 4. Outcomes were measured using a Likert scale in the initial form. Instead they settled on a VAS format which allowed owners to place a point on a range of 0 to 100 on the scale. Improvement in movement (all except moving upstairs) were noticed in dogs after the first treatment. However, there was not a significant improvement after the second treatment.]]> 2020-10-01 02:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/793413343 katelynbadour https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/795417188 A case-control study for this topic seems to be quite hard to find. In theory, it also does not make sense to have a case-control study for this topic because it would likely require a study that is setup to see how acupuncture affects patients with and without osteoarthritis. I do not see why someone would search out acupuncture for themselves or their animal if they were not experiencing some sort of pain at all.]]> 2020-10-01 16:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katelynbadour/dve97qm7on27bpos/wish/795417188