Assessment of Knee Joint Pain in Experimental Rodent Models of Osteoarthritis

Pain assessment in animal models of osteoarthritis is integral to interpretation of a model’s utility in representing the clinical condition, and enabling accurate translational medicine. Here we describe two methods for behavioral pain assessments available for use in animal models of experimental osteoarthritic pain: Von Frey filaments and spontaneous activity monitoring.
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