What Did We Learn About Fracture Pain from Animal Models?

Andreea Radulescu,1 Fletcher A White,2,3 Chantal Chenu1 1Royal Veterinary College, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, London, NW1 OTU, UK; 2Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 3Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Medical Center, Indianapolis,...

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Main Authors: Radulescu A, White FA, Chenu C
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Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Pain Research
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/what-did-we-learn-about-fracture-pain-from-animal-models-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR
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description Andreea Radulescu,1 Fletcher A White,2,3 Chantal Chenu1 1Royal Veterinary College, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, London, NW1 OTU, UK; 2Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 3Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USACorrespondence: Chantal Chenu, Royal Veterinary College, Department of Comparative Biological Sciences, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, UK, Tel +44 207 468 5045, Email cchenu@rvc.ac.ukAbstract: Progress in bone fracture repair research has been made possible due to the development of reproducible models of fracture in rodents with more clinically relevant fracture fixation, where there is considerably better assessment of the factors that affect fracture healing and/or novel therapeutics. However, chronic or persistent pain is one of the worst, longest-lasting and most difficult symptoms to manage after fracture repair, and an ongoing challenge remains for animal welfare as limited information exists regarding pain scoring and management in these rodent fracture models. This failure of adequate pre-clinical pain assessment following osteotomy in the rodent population may not only subject the animal to severe pain states but may also affect the outcome of the bone healing study. Animal models to study pain were also mainly developed in rodents, and there is increasing validation of fracture and pain models to quantitatively evaluate fracture pain and to study the factors that generate and maintain fracture pain and develop new therapies for treating fracture pain. This review aims to discuss the different animal models for fracture pain research and characterize what can be learned from using animal models of fracture regarding behavioral pain states and new molecular targets for future management of these behaviors.Keywords: pain, fracture, mouse, behaviours
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spelling doaj.art-3ed7355a0d014eccabdf967c7a1a823b2022-12-22T01:49:01ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Pain Research1178-70902022-09-01Volume 152845285678182What Did We Learn About Fracture Pain from Animal Models?Radulescu AWhite FAChenu CAndreea Radulescu,1 Fletcher A White,2,3 Chantal Chenu1 1Royal Veterinary College, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, London, NW1 OTU, UK; 2Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 3Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USACorrespondence: Chantal Chenu, Royal Veterinary College, Department of Comparative Biological Sciences, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, UK, Tel +44 207 468 5045, Email cchenu@rvc.ac.ukAbstract: Progress in bone fracture repair research has been made possible due to the development of reproducible models of fracture in rodents with more clinically relevant fracture fixation, where there is considerably better assessment of the factors that affect fracture healing and/or novel therapeutics. However, chronic or persistent pain is one of the worst, longest-lasting and most difficult symptoms to manage after fracture repair, and an ongoing challenge remains for animal welfare as limited information exists regarding pain scoring and management in these rodent fracture models. This failure of adequate pre-clinical pain assessment following osteotomy in the rodent population may not only subject the animal to severe pain states but may also affect the outcome of the bone healing study. Animal models to study pain were also mainly developed in rodents, and there is increasing validation of fracture and pain models to quantitatively evaluate fracture pain and to study the factors that generate and maintain fracture pain and develop new therapies for treating fracture pain. This review aims to discuss the different animal models for fracture pain research and characterize what can be learned from using animal models of fracture regarding behavioral pain states and new molecular targets for future management of these behaviors.Keywords: pain, fracture, mouse, behaviourshttps://www.dovepress.com/what-did-we-learn-about-fracture-pain-from-animal-models-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPRpainfracturemousebehaviours
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