Rheumatology international.
Publisher:
Springer International,
Frequency: Eight no. a year, 2005-
Country: Germany
Language: English
Start Year:1981 -
ISSN:
0172-8172 (Print)
1437-160X (Electronic)
0172-8172 (Linking)
1437-160X (Electronic)
0172-8172 (Linking)
Impact Factor
4
2022
| NLM ID: | 8206885 |
| (DNLM): | R48015000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 07936681 |
| Coden: | RHINDE |
| Classification: | W1 RH42H |
Evaluating the efficacy of hippotherapy: a promising intervention in rheumatology, pain medicine, and geriatrics. Using animals for medical care has a long history. Animals have long been recognized for their ability to improve human health and well-being throughout nations and civilizations. Animal-assisted therapy is a concept that incorporates intentional and regulated interactions between individuals and animals to achieve therapeutic aims. Hippotherapy is an animal-assisted therapy consisting of medical procedures and practices that use horses to restore and enhance physical and mental health. The effectiveness of hippotherapy is evidenced by its ability to have a favorable influence on various dom...
Variations in chondrocyte apoptosis may explain the increased prevalence of osteoarthritis in some joints. To investigate whether there are any variations in chondrocyte susceptibility to an apoptotic stimulus between cells of articular cartilage (AC) from equine joints that differ in prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: Cartilage from macroscopically normal equine metacarpophalangeal (MCP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints was used. Prior to culture, chondrocyte viability was assessed using the fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide paravital staining method. AC explants were subsequently treated with tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in comb...