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Development and initial validation of a sensory threshold examination protocol (STEP) for phenotyping canine pain syndromes.
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia - 1 May 2017
Sanchis-Mora Sandra, Chang Yu-Mei, Abeyesinghe Siobhan, Fisher Amy, Volk Holger A, Pelligand Ludovic
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OBJECTIVE: To study the feasibility and test-retest repeatability of a sensory threshold examination protocol (STEP) and report the quantitative sensory threshold distributions in healthy dogs. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, observational, cohort study. ANIMALS: Twenty-five healthy client-owned dogs. METHODS: Tactile sensitivity test (TST) (von Frey filaments), mechanical thresholds (MT with 2, 4 and 8 mm probes),...
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