title: [Problems of experiments on rats in orthopedics (author's transl)].
abstract: A small experimental study on rats in orthopedics shows that it is impossible to achieve constant bipedy as a basis for valid static and biomechanic investigations, particularly of the spine.
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait; D008954:Models, Biological; D009985:Orthopedics; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik experimenteller Untersuchungen in der Orthopädie mit Rattenversuchstieren