ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2012
Feline physiotherapy and rehabilitation: 1. principles and potential.
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- Osteoarthritis in cats: what we know, and mostly, what we don't know. . . yet.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Review
- Physical rehabilitation of cats: 2. Treatment therapies and exercises.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Review
- Effects of Elizabethan Collar and Wound Protection Corset on Pain and Discomfort Levels in Cats Undergoing Ovariohysterectomy.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Recovery of Spinal Walking in Paraplegic Dogs Using Physiotherapy and Supportive Devices to Maintain the Standing Position.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Surgical treatment of post-traumatic luxation of rib heads with spinal cord compression in a cat.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2021Article
- Outcome in Cats with Acute Onset of Severe Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury Following Physical Rehabilitation.Veterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Traumatic joint luxations in cats: Reduce, repair, replace, remove.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2021Review
- Feline musculoskeletal ageing: How are we diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal impairment?Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2020Review
- Management of severe stifle trauma: 1. Stifle luxation.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2019Review
- Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: An Essential Component of All Specialties and Practices.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2017Article
- Feline hip dysplasia: A challenge to recognise and treat.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2016Review
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Abstract
practical relevancePhysiotherapy is highly valued within human medicine and relatively well established for canine patients. Despite a popular misconception that feline patients will not cooperate with such treatment, physiotherapy is now increasingly being performed with cats. With cat ownership increasing in many countries, and an emergence of specialist physiotherapy practitioners, there is demand for effective postoperative and post-injury rehabilitation for any cat with compromised physical function due to injury, surgery or disease. CLINICAL CHALLENGES: While physiotherapy and rehabilitation are potentially beneficial for cats, due to their independent nature feline patients certainly present a greater challenge in the pursuit of effective therapy than their canine counterparts. AUDIENCE: This two-part review article is directed at the primary care veterinary team. The benefits of physiotherapy and the various treatment modalities available to the qualified veterinary physiotherapist, as well as the non-specialist veterinarian and veterinary nurse or technician, are examined in this first part. EVIDENCE BASE: The benefits of human physiotherapeutic intervention are well documented, and there is good evidence for the effectiveness of most treatment modalities. Animal studies are still in their infancy, although some preliminary studies in dogs have shown good results.
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