Clinical Occurrences in the Neurorehabilitation of Dogs with Severe Spinal Cord Injury

This prospective observational clinical study in a population of tetraplegic and paraplegic dogs (n = 488) with or without deep pain sensation, similar to humans ASIA A and B, investigated the prevalence of clinical occurrences in a rehabilitation center with a hospitalization regime between 15 days and 9 months. A checklist of occurrences was used for easy identification and monitoring, resulting in a total of 79.5% occurrences. There were 58% of dogs with neurogenic bladder, 35.5% with diarrhea, 21.3% with urinary incontinence, and 20.5% with fecal incontinence. A low incidence of respiratory problems (e.g., pneumonia) and urinary tract infections may suggest the efficacy of some applied measures in this study, such as thoracic and abdominal POCUS evaluation, positioning strategies, physical exercises, respiratory kinesiotherapy, and early implementation of a functional neurorehabilitation protocol. These can be essential measures to prevent clinical occurrences, mainly in breeds such as the French Bulldog and the Dachshund.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI - 13(2023), 7 vom: 25. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gouveia, Débora [VerfasserIn]
Fonseca, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Cardoso, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Almeida, António [VerfasserIn]
Gamboa, Óscar [VerfasserIn]
Canejo-Teixeira, Rute [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, António [VerfasserIn]
Martins, Ângela [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical occurrences
Deep pain
Dogs
Functional neurorehabilitation
Journal Article
Plegia
SCI

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Date Revised 15.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ani13071164

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355527804