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A diagnosis of compressive and stretch neuropathy was made affecting the distal sciatic nerve branches. Physical therapy modalities included neuromuscular electrical stimulation, ultrasound, and low-level laser therapy. Other therapeutic modalities included the use of orthotics and progressive wound care. The dog had increased muscle mass, return of segmental reflexes, return of nociception, and the ability to walk on pelvic limbs with higher carriage of the hock 15 mo following presentation. The use of custom orthotics greatly increased the quality of life and other physical therapy modalities may have improved the prognosis in this dog with severe bilateral plantigrade stance due to neuropathy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-5978","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,21]],"date-time":"2014-11-21T16:37:15Z","timestamp":1416587835000},"page":"31-35","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Use of Physical Therapy in a Dog with Bilateral Severe Plantigrade Stance"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Ree","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (J.R.); Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY (K.H.); Private consultant in small, large and exotic animal physical therapy, Truckee, CA (J.W.); and William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (S.Y.K.)."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kei","family":"Hayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (J.R.); Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY (K.H.); Private consultant in small, large and exotic animal physical therapy, Truckee, CA (J.W.); and William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (S.Y.K.)."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacqueline","family":"Woelz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (J.R.); Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY (K.H.); Private consultant in small, large and exotic animal physical therapy, Truckee, CA (J.W.); and William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (S.Y.K.)."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sun Young","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (J.R.); Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY (K.H.); Private consultant in small, large and exotic animal physical therapy, Truckee, CA (J.W.); and William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (S.Y.K.)."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"key":"i1547-3317-51-1-31-b01","series-title":"Lasers Surg Med","first-page":"239","article-title":"Influence of low level laser therapy on wound healing and its biological action upon myofibroblasts","volume":"32","author":"Medrado\n              AR,","year":"2003","unstructured":"Medrado\n              AR, \n            \n              Pugliese\n              LS, \n            \n              Reis\n              SRA, \n            et al\n          . 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