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Monitoring equine head-related pain with the Equine Utrecht University scale for facial assessment of pain (EQUUS-FAP)

    • Ghent University
    • University of Antwerp

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    Abstract

    This study validates a recently described pain scale, the Equine Utrecht University scale for facial assessment of pain (EQUUS-FAP), in horses with acute or postoperative pain originating from the head, including dental pain, ocular pain, or trauma to the skull. This cohort study of 23 horses with head-related pain and 23 normal, healthy controls revealed significant differences in EQUUS-FAP scores between control horses and horses with acute or postoperative pain (P 
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)88-90
    Number of pages3
    JournalVeterinary Journal
    Volume220
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

    Keywords

    • Dental
    • Equine
    • Facial
    • Pain originating from head
    • Pain scale
    • article
    • cohort analysis
    • controlled study
    • correlation coefficient
    • Equine Utrecht University Scale for Facial Assessment of Pain
    • eye pain
    • Faces Pain Scale
    • female
    • headache and facial pain
    • horse disease
    • male
    • nonhuman
    • pain assessment
    • postoperative pain
    • postoperative period
    • predictive value
    • reliability
    • sensitivity and specificity
    • skull injury
    • tooth pain

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