Effects of early postoperative rehabilitation with physiotherapy in the cranial cruciate ligament ruptured dogs stabilized with extra capsular technique Hussain Dar. Shahid*, Jayaprakash R.1, Shafiuzama Md.2, Nissar Shazia3, Sridhar R.4, George Ravi Sundar5 1Directorate of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600051, Tamil Nadu, India 2Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, 600051, Tamil Nadu, India 3Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, Shri Nagar, India 4Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, 600051, Tamil Nadu, India 5Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, 600051, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding author's e-mail: shahidvsr@gmail.com
Online published on 30 August, 2019. Abstract The aim of the study was to find out the efficacy of rehabilitative techniques postoperatively of extracapsular stabilized cranial cruciate ligament deficiency dogs. Twelve dogs were treated surgically by extracapsular imbrication method. Post operatively six dogs were rehabilitated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation and different therapeutic exercise. The lameness score and weight score and girth of thigh differ significantly between them. Range of motion and girth also improved but non significantly. There was an early recovery in physiotherapy group dogs as compared to dogs in the non physiotherapy group. Top Keywords Cranial cruciate ligament, Lameness, Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Physiotherapy, Range of motion. Top |