Randomized single-blinded prospective comparison between ozone therapy and electroacupuncture for canine thoracolumbar disk disease

Efficacy of Medical Ozone as an Adjuvant Treatment in Dogs with Intervertebral Disc Protusions—A Retrospective Study

“…However, when comparing these two variables in the same group at different times, there was a significant difference in both the electroacupuncture and ozone group, demonstrating the improvement of pain and neurological function using both treatments. In this study, both groups showed a rapid response in these variables within the first two weeks, which is in line with our study in which the median time for improvement neurological disfunction was 11 days and pain 7 days [64]. Although the route of administration of MO is different from Sumida's study and ours (acupuncture points vs. paravertebral infiltrations), the results obtained seem similar.…”

“…If we were to consider these same parameters, our overall success rate would 95%, which is higher than the Hayashi and Matera study. Sumida et al, 2023 have recently published a prospective, randomized, blinded study to compare the effects of ozone therapy applied at acupuncture points and electroacupuncture to treat dogs with clinical signs of thoracolumbar discopathy [64]. In the ozone group, MO was administered by infiltration into acupuncture points with a concentration of 20 µg/mL, and a volume of 3 mL at each point.…”