Analgesic efficacy of tramadol in cats with naturally occurring osteoarthritis.
Beatriz P MonteiroMary P KlinckMaxim MoreauMartin GuillotPaulo V M SteagallJean-Pierre PelletierJohanne Martel-PelletierDominique GauvinJérôme R E Del CastilloEric TroncyPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Outcome assessments such as kinetics (PVF) and evaluation of central sensitisation (RMTS) are discriminant of OA status. Mobility measured by NMA was not discriminant of OA status, however it increased in OA cats with tramadol treatment. Nociceptive hypersensitivity quantified by RMTS was evident in OA cats and was responsive to tramadol treatment.