Equine Disorders Research
Animal Studies
Yamada, H., Kameya, T., Abe, N., & Miyahara, K. (1989). Low Level Laser Therapy in Horses. Laser Therapy, 1 (1): 31-35. Abstract: Nineteen horses mainly with chronic inflammation of tendon and / or ligament that had not responded well to conventional medicine and methodologies, were treated by contact or acupuncture technique using gallium aluminium arsenide (Ga-AI-As) diode laser (10mW, 790nm) without medicament. The treatments were performed every day or every other week, for 20 to 40 s on the affected area or acupoints. Of 19 cases, 12 (63.2%) were cured, five (26.3%) were improved and two (10.5%) were unchanged. It was concluded that clinical application of low level laser therapy, such as contact and / or laser acupuncture technique is non-invasive and not painful for animals and effective in pain suppression and improvement of inflammatory reaction, especially in acute and mild cases.
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Lloyd S. McKibbin and Robert Downie. The effects of low level lasers on soft tissue in veterinary medicine. The Acupuncture Institute, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada N0P 2P0 Unpublished.
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Kaymeya T, Wang L, and Haruo Y () A review of clinical applications of Low Level Laser Therapy in Veterinary medicine .....
Gomez-Villamandos R.J., Santisteban-Valenzuela J.M, Ruiz-Calatrava I., Gomez-Villamandos J.C., Avila-Jurado I. ( ) Laser therapy by fibroendoscopy in the mucosa of the equine upper airway.....,
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Petermann, U ( 1998) Laser Acupuncture on Horses with COPD. Prakt Tierarzt, Akupunktur, Germany.
Petermann, U (1999). Laserakupunktur bei infizierter Tendinitis des Pferdes. Prakt Tierarzt 1.
Petermann, U (1998). Lasertherapie in der Veterinärmedizin. Vet Impulse 24: 12-13.
Petermann, U ( ) The role of laser acupuncture in equine back problems. Prakt Tierarzt, Akupunktur,
Petermann, U ( ) Laser acupuncture treatment of infected arthritis and tendosynovitis in horses. Prakt Tierarzt, Akupunktur.