Is the overlap between human and animal physical rehabilitation relevant?
A. Yes, it’s very relevant. Obviously there are differences between human and animal therapy. One of the biggest is the realization that animal therapy is probably more like pediatrics, where the baby can’t verbalize what’s happening. But much of the basic scientific work for human rehabilitation was done on dogs. In turn, the model work done on animals has application for those of us in veterinary medicine, along with contributing to clinical applications with humans.
