IceWave® Patches in Musculoskeletal Pain Relief in Horses
Lauren DeRock DVM , Dean Clark DC , Homer Nazeran PhD, CP Eng (Biomed. )
Abst ract
Veterinarians working with performance and pet horses on a daily basis have tremendous interest in
drug- free pain relief and management of the very common musculoskeletal problems that these horses may experience. In an initial study carried out on 142 horses in 2005, it was demonstrated that horses responded dramatically to LifeWave® Energy Patches.
In this study, 137 out of 138 hor ses with mild to sever eback pain, responded favorably and showed consistent pain relief manifesting more ob served energy and power. Other published double-blind placebo-controlled studies in humans have demonstrated a skin cooling effect or an autonomic nervous system response elicited by these patches. Th e main objective of the present study was to follow up on the initial study in horses and use infrared thermal imaging to quantify the efficacy of IceWave® patches in pain relief and management. Termal measurements and imaging were complemented with acupuncture palpation evaluations performed by the veterinarian. It was also of interest to explore the effects of these patches on painful and inflamed areas in horses and demonstrate their physiological cooling impact and further cross-validate with the veterinarian’s expert physical assessments. The hypothesis to be tested was that: IceWave® Patches produce a highly significant cooling effect (pain reduction) in the areas affected by pain in horses .
T hirty eight horses: 1 stallion, 25 geldings and 12 mares of varying ages …http://www.lifewave.com/pdf/Research/Research-InfraredThermalImagingHorses.pdf
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