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Ozonoterapia intra-articular em boletos de cavalos com osteoartrite : quais os seus efeitos melhoradores da patologia?
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A osteoartrite é a principal causa de claudicação na espécie equina, sendo um factor
limitante sobretudo para cavalos de desporto.
Existem inúmeras formas de tratamento da osteoartrite (OA), sendo a corticoterapia a mais
utilizada.
O ozono é uma molécula com inúmeras acções terapêuticas de elevado interesse na
medicina, sobretudo devido à escassa ocorrência de efeitos secundários.
A ozonoterapia é um tratamento que tem sido um sucesso relativamente recente na
Medicina Humana, tendo já sido também instaurada na Medicina Veterinária com bons
resultados.
Este trabalho engloba um estudo experimental, em que foram feitas administrações de
Ozono intra-articular em boletos de cavalos com osteoartrite na mesma articulação.
Os cavalos que foram seleccionados para o estudo tinham vários requisitos a cumprir, entre
eles, o mais importante é que tinham de ter uma claudicação com origem num boleto e
devido a osteoartrite. Tal requisito deveu-se ao facto de o objectivo principal do estudo se
basear na avaliação da melhoria da claudicação, após o tratamento com ozono.
Após terminado o estudo, os resultados foram satisfatórios ao revelarem melhorias em todos
os cavalos intervenientes no estudo, não só a nível da dor que estes exibiam e se revelava
na claudicação mas também a nível da inflamação articular. Podemos assim concluir que a
Ozonoterapia intra-articular em equinos pode vir a ser uma alternativa cada vez mais a ter
em conta.
ABSTRACT - INTRA-ARTICULAR OZONE THERAPY IN FETLOCKS OF HORSES WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: WHICH ARE ITS IMPROVING EFFECTS IN THE DISEASE? - Osteoarthritis is the main cause for lameness in the equine species, as well as a restrictive factor mainly for sport horses. There are numerous treatment methods when it comes to osteoarthritis (OA), but corticotherapy is the most commonly used. The ozone is a molecule with several and highly relevant therapeutic uses in medicine, above all because the side effects are rare. Ozone therapy has been, therefore, a relatively recent success in human medicine, and it has also already been introduced in veterinary medicine with good results. This thesis includes an experimental study in which several administrations of intra-articular ozone in fetlocks of horses with osteoarthritis were made. The horses selected for this study had to comply to certain requisites, among which the most important was the fact that they had to show a lameness caused by osteoarthritis and originated in one of the fetlocks. This requisite was important because the main goal of the study was based on assessing the improvement in lameness after the treatment with ozone. After the end of the study, the results were satisfactory and revealed improvement in all the horses treated, not only in terms of the pain level each one of them presented and was evident in the lameness, but also when it came to articular inflammation. We can thus conclude that intra-articular ozone therapy in equines can become a more and more valid alternative.
ABSTRACT - INTRA-ARTICULAR OZONE THERAPY IN FETLOCKS OF HORSES WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: WHICH ARE ITS IMPROVING EFFECTS IN THE DISEASE? - Osteoarthritis is the main cause for lameness in the equine species, as well as a restrictive factor mainly for sport horses. There are numerous treatment methods when it comes to osteoarthritis (OA), but corticotherapy is the most commonly used. The ozone is a molecule with several and highly relevant therapeutic uses in medicine, above all because the side effects are rare. Ozone therapy has been, therefore, a relatively recent success in human medicine, and it has also already been introduced in veterinary medicine with good results. This thesis includes an experimental study in which several administrations of intra-articular ozone in fetlocks of horses with osteoarthritis were made. The horses selected for this study had to comply to certain requisites, among which the most important was the fact that they had to show a lameness caused by osteoarthritis and originated in one of the fetlocks. This requisite was important because the main goal of the study was based on assessing the improvement in lameness after the treatment with ozone. After the end of the study, the results were satisfactory and revealed improvement in all the horses treated, not only in terms of the pain level each one of them presented and was evident in the lameness, but also when it came to articular inflammation. We can thus conclude that intra-articular ozone therapy in equines can become a more and more valid alternative.
Descrição
Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária
Palavras-chave
Ozono cavalo osteoartrite claudicação ozone horse osteoarthritis lameness
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Mendes, J.F.S. (2018). Ozonoterapia intra-articular em boletos de cavalos com osteoartrite : quais os seus efeitos melhoradores da patologia?. Dissertação de mestrado. Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Lisboa.
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Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária