Use of Experimental Animals in Physiotherapy

Scientific experiments are needed to see the natural course of the disease in living (human or animal) individuals and to develop treatment for this. For centuries, human beings have been studying human-like organisms and have been using an animal experiments in order to advance in science and health. Researchers who work in in the field of physiotherapy that is the main philosophy of which is to plan and apply the appropriate program by the teamwork into each patient under the clinical and experimental knowledge, must have knowledge of the design, methodology, analysis and interpretation of the study in order to be able to effectively evaluate the results of research on animal experiments. This paper aims to introduce the basic principles of experimental animal studies used in the field of physiotherapy and to give the necessary information to choose the appropriate experimental model.