{"id":99,"date":"2026-09-18T18:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvm.ncsu.edu\/comparative-behavioral-research\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:10:36","slug":"pain-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cvm.ncsu.edu\/comparative-behavioral-research\/publications\/pain-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Physical Activity Monitors in Companion Animal Chronic Pain Research-A Review Focused on Osteoarthritis Pain<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Thonen-Fleck C, Sharon KP, Enomoto M, LeBouef M, Roberts DL, Gruen ME, Lascelles
BDX. Animals (Basel). 2025 Jul 10;15(14):2025. doi: 10.3390\/ani15142025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Tailoring treatment: dog breed status influences pain assessment and treatment in emergency veterinary care<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Caddiell RMP,\u00a0White PA, McNamee EH, Lynch AM, Lascelles BDX, Gruen ME. Front. Pain Res. 6:1589082.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Factors Influencing, and Associated with, Physical Activity Patterns in Dogs with Osteoarthritis-Associated Pain<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Stevens C, Kawecki-Wright E, Rowlison de Ortiz A, Thomson A, Aker S, Perry E, Haupt E, Mondino A, Enomoto M, Gruen ME , Lascelles BDX. (2025) Front Vet Sci. 2025 Mar 19;12:1503009<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Veterinary Education and Experience Shape Beliefs About Dog Breeds. Part 1: Pain Sensitivity<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

\u00a0Caddiell RMP, White P, Lascelles BDX, Royal K, Ange van-Heugten, Gruen ME. Sci Rep<\/em> 13, 13846 (2023).<\/em><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Veterinary Education and Experience Shape Beliefs About Dog Breeds. Part 2: Trust<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Caddiell RMP, White P, Lascelles BDX, Royal K, Ange van-Heugten, Gruen ME.\u00a0Sci Rep 13<\/em>, 13847 (2023)<\/em><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Pain Sensitivity Differs Between Dog Breeds But Not in the Way Veterinarians Believe<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Caddiell RMP, Cunningham RM, White P, Lascelles BDX*, Gruen ME. (2023). Frontiers in Pain Research<\/em>, 4<\/em>.
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2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Gruen, M. E., Lascelles, B. D. X., Colleran, E., Gottlieb, A., Johnson, J., Lotsikas, P., . . . Wright, B. (2022). Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association<\/em>, 58<\/em>(2), 55-76. <\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Assessment of Sensory Thresholds in Dogs Using Mechanical and Hot Thermal Quantitative Sensory Testing<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Cunningham, R. M., Park, R. M., Knazovicky, D., Lascelles, B. D. X., & Gruen, M. E. (2021). Journal of Visualized Experiments<\/em>, 176<\/em>(e62841), 1-17.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Do Dog Breeds Differ in Pain Sensitivity? Veterinarians and the Public Believe They Do<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Gruen, M. E., White, W., & Hare, B. (2020). PLoS ONE<\/em>,\u00a015<\/em>(3), 1-14.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Functional Linear Modeling of Activity Data Shows Analgesic-mediated Improved Sleep in Dogs with Spontaneous Osteoarthritis Pain<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Gruen, M. E., Samson, D. R., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2019). Scientific Reports<\/em>, 9<\/em>(14192), 1-6.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Replicate Effects and Test-Retest Reliability of Quantitative Sensory Threshold Testing in Dogs With and Without Chronic Pain<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Knazovixky, D., Helgeson, E. S., Case, B., Thomson, A., Gruen, M. E., Maixner, W., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2018). Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 31<\/em>(S 01).<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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The Use of Trazodone to Facilitate Calm Behavior After Elective Orthopedic Surgery in Dogs: Results and Lessons Learned from a Clinical Trial<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Gruen, M. E., Roe, S. C., Griffith, E. H., & Sherman, B. L. (2017). Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 22<\/em>, 41-45.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Use of Trazodone to Facilitate Postsurgical Confinement in Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Gruen, M. E., Roe, S. C., Griffish, E., Hamilton, A., & Sherman, B. L. (2014). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 245<\/em>(3), 296-301.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Qualitative Exploration of the Hidden Curriculum in Communicating Dog Breed
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Caddiell, R. M. P., Gruen, M. E., Lascelles, B. D. X., & Kedrowicz, A. A. (2024). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education<\/em>. <\/p>\n\t \t \n

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