A cooperation program of Schloss-Seminar, Germany, and the University of Tennessee, USA
Certificate Program in Canine Physical Rehabilitation
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Contents of the introductiory course in Vienna
Language: Englisch
Why physiotherapy?
Important basics of:
Inflammation
Wound healing
Pain:
- Physiology
- Medication
Orthopaedic diseases: overview of treatment (conservative and surgical) and possible complications for the following examples
- Hip dysplasia
- OCD
- CCLR
- DJD
Neurological diseases: overview of treament (conservative and surgical) and possible complications
- Disc protrusion
- Degnerative myelopathy
- CECS
Overview of all important physical therapy techniques with particular emphasis on
- Massage
- Thermal therapy (incl. therapeutic ultrasound)
- Electrical stimulation / TENS
Recommended literature
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Bockstahler, Millis, Levine: Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats, 2004, BE VetVerlag ISBN 3-938274-09-3 (Deutsch: 3-938274-08-5) – engl. Cover integrieren
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Millis, Levine, Taylor: Canine Rehabilitation and Physiotherapie, 2004, Elsevier (ISBN 0-7216-9555-8)
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"Braund’s Clinical Neurology in Small Animals: Localization, Diagnosis and Treatment"
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Date of this information: March 15th, 2010
