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Abstract With the vastly growing rate of the Equine Therapy Industry, therapists are looking for more and more products and techniques to use within their treatments to ensure they stand out as a therapist. One of the less common but ever increasing products is the Photizo Vetcare light therapy device. The UK’s only supplier Danetre Health Products has commented on the growing rate of the product with rate of sales only equalling 100 devices sold in the first year of trading alone (2013), however, in 2017 this is now at over 100 devices a month. Although the device was originally intended for horse owners, therapists are now the top purchasers of this product each month. Despite the increasing uses for Light Therapy in the UK, little research is available particularly within horses. Light therapy has many uses including use for musculoskeletal disorders such as pain reduction (Laakso and Cabot, 2005), skin abrasions (Brem et al., 2004), Tendon and Ligament injuries (Fung et al., 2002) and reducing cell death (Karu, 1998). It has been discovered through recent work in the field that light therapy is useful in treating horses suffering from Laminitis, it was shown that after just a few minutes use every day, Laminitis was resolved (Photizo, 2016a). Despite these factors, research into the specific Photizo Vetcare device is extremely limited with only anecdotal case study evidence available online. A controlled small-scale pilot study was carried out to observe the effect of light therapy on heart rate, behaviour and surface temperature on four mares and three geldings. The study was carried out over a three-week period that included one 10- minute light therapy session per week. Light therapy treatment was carried out by a suitably qualified therapist who had attended a training day in using the device supplied by Danetre Health Products itself. A 10-minuete light therapy treatment resulted in a significant decrease of heart rate p<000.1. The session also resulted in a significant increase of positive responses observed from the horses and a significant decrease in negative responses observed p<0001. However light therapy had no significant effect on surface temperature of the horse p=0.37. The results suggest that light therapy is an ivPDF Image | THE EFFECT OF LIGHT THERAPY ON HEART RATE, HORSES
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