[Gait analysis in dogs].

Gait analysis has found extensive application in human medicine in orthopaedics, rehabilitation and sports medicine. In veterinary medicine locomotor studies are focused on horses. The available dynamometric and kinemetric measurement systems and their application to tetrapods are discussed after a historical survey with literary review has been made. The installation of a gait analysis laboratory for small animals at the Department of Veterinary Surgery of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and results of clinical studies including gait analysis will be presented.