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A comparison between body weight-supported treadmill training and conventional ...
Martins, Ângela; Gouveia, Debora; Cardoso, Ana; Viegas, Ines; Gamboa, Óscar; Ferreira, AJIn human medicine there was no evidence registered of a significant difference in recovery between body weight-supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and conventional over-ground (COGI). There isn’t any similar study in veterinary medicine. Thus, this study aimed to compare the locomotor recovery obtained in incomplete SCI (T11–L3 Hansen type I) post-surgical dogs following BWSTT or COGI protocols, describing the...
Spinal locomotion in cats following spinal cord injury : a prospective study
Martins, Ângela; Silva, Marina; Gouveia, Débora; Cardoso, Ana; Coelho, Tiago; Gamboa, Óscar; Marcelino, Eduardo; Ferreira, AJThis article aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intensive neurorehabilitation in paraplegic cats, with no deep pain perception (grade 0 on the modified Frankel scale), with more than three months of injury. Nine cats, admitted to the Arrábida Veterinary Hospital/Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center (CRAA), were subjected to a 12-week intensive functional neurorehabilitation protocol, based on ground ...