Veterinary Acupuncture Research in Seoul

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Hi All,

 

Congratulations to the vet team (Drs. Um, Kim, Kim, Seo & Nam) at

Seoul National University on publication of their recent papers:

 

Um SW, Kim MS, Lim JH, Kim SY, Seo KM, Nam TC.Thermographic

evaluation for the efficacy of acupuncture on induced chronic arthritis in

the dog. Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary

Medicine, Seoul National University. This study was performed to

evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on induced chronic arthritis of the

dog by thermography. Complete Freund's adjuvant was injected into the

left knee joint of 8 dogs to induce arthritis. Acupuncture was applied to

BL40, GB33, GB34, and LV08 once a week for 4 consecutive weeks,

from 3 weeks after induction of chronic arthritis, in treatment group. At 3

weeks of acupuncture treatment, skin temperature difference (DeltaT)

of treatment group returned to normal range (< 0.3 degrees C), while

DeltaT remained high in non-treatment group. Infrared thermography

(IRT) is useful to evaluate the treatment of acupuncture for induced

canine chronic arthritis. Therefore, it is considered that clinical

application of IRT in arthritis treatment would be also valuable. PMID:

16397393 [PubMed - in process]

 

Kim MS, Seo KM, Nam TC. Effect of acupuncture on intraocular

pressure in normal dogs. J Vet Med Sci. 2005 Dec;67(12):1281-2.

Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine,Seoul

National University, Seoul, Korea. The effect of acupuncture on

intraocular pressure (IOP) was evaluated in normal dogs. After

determination of baseline pressure, acupuncture was applied at 3

acupoints (LI-4, LIV-3 and GB-37) for 20 min. After acupuncture

treatment, IOP were significantly lowered 2.7 +/- 0.1 in left eye, 1.7 +/-

0.7 in right eye, respectively (p<0.05). From these results of this study,

an acupuncture therapy may be valuable treatment for decreasing on

IOP in dogs. PMID: 16397392 [PubMed - in process]

 

 

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