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New Study Shows Therapy Dogs Benefit From Their Jobs
Friday 20 November 2020
From the American Kennel Club:
 After a 20-minute animal-assisted therapy session, scientists measured the cortisol and oxytocin levels of the dogs to determine hormonal changes, ear temperatures, heart rate, and heart rate variability. |
New Study Shows Therapy Dogs Benefit From Their Jobs
Whether it’s providing comfort after a long day or helping solve murders, it seems as though dogs can do almost anything. And, now a new study showed therapy dogs can help ease symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia is a complex disorder with no known cure, but there are some treatment tools to help patients manage their symptoms such as fatigue, sleep issues, and memory and mood problems. Researchers have recently found a new tool for doctors — animal-assisted therapy.
Purina funded a study and partnered with the Mayo Clinic to discover the effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy on Fibromyalgia patients. “Based on the study, animal-assisted activity can be confidently added as a new tool for doctors of patients with fibromyalgia to consider as part of their treatment plans,” said François Martin, M.A., Ph.D., the lead Purina scientist on the project.
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