Investigation of Methods and Styles of Manual Muscle Testing by AK Practitioners

Conable, Katharine M.; Corneal, John; Hambrick, Terry; Marquina, Nelson; Zhang, Junyi

doi:10.1016/s0899-3467(07)60106-2

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“…1 For instance, ESMMT was less frequently actually examiner-started and vice versa. There are several differences in the way the data was collected and analyzed, which may account for this.…”

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Electromyogram and Force Patterns in Variably Timed Manual Muscle Testing of the Middle Deltoid Muscle

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Corneal

Hambrick

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Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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Electromyogram and Force Patterns in Variably Timed Manual Muscle Testing of the Middle Deltoid Muscle

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Hambrick

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Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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“…Lastly, the DMT in this study was patient-initiated while MRT is usually tester-initiated. This may have had an influence as it seems that there are fundamental differences between the two [40,41].…”

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Muscle testing for lie detection: Grip strength dynamometry is inadequate

Jensen

Stevens

Burls

2018

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

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Introduction: Although DMT is primarily used in the diagnosis of neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) disorders, previous studies have attempted to use other forms of manual muscle testing (MMT) to detect conditions other than NMS. For instance, muscle response testing (MRT) was used to distinguish lies (a known stressor) from truth. Therefore, it is hypothesised that DMT might be used to detect deceit as well, and the aim of this study was to investigate if grip strength via dynamometric muscle testing (DMT) could be used to distinguish lies from truth. Methods: A prospective study of diagnostic test accuracy was carried out. Twenty participants, aged 18-65 years, with healthy hands, were recruited. Participants were given a visual stimulus and followed an auditory instruction to lie or to tell the truth about the stimulus, before recording grip strength with a dynamometer. Testing proceeded in this manner until 20 DMTs were performed, 10 by each hand. We analysed the accuracy of grip strength for detecting lies. Results: The mean grip strength after true statements was found to be 24.9 kg (95% CI 20.3 to 29.6), and after false statements, 24.8 (95% CI 20.2 to 29.5), which were not statistically different (p=0.61). Conclusion: DMT via hand-held grip strength dynamometry failed to distinguish lies from truth. These results seem to suggest that strength as measured by DMT is not impacted by deceit. A limitation of this study is it is not generalisable to other types or applications of MMT or MRT or to other target conditions.

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“…The degree of shoulder flexion and abduction and elbow flexion may vary as well. Finally, while the degree of pressure that a practitioner applies can markedly differ, a steady and constant pressure is thought to minimise bias, whereas abrupt and inconsistent pressure is thought to introduce bias into the test [19,20].…”

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Estimating the prevalence of use of kinesiology-style manual muscle testing: A survey of educators

Jensen

2015

Advances in Integrative Medicine

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Investigation of Methods and Styles of Manual Muscle Testing by AK Practitioners

Abstract: Objective: Establishing objective descriptive data regarding manual muscle testing (MMT) as used in Applied Kinesiology, including "patient-started" versus "examinerstarted" variations (J Chiropr Med 2005;4:1-10)

Cited by 7 publications

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Electromyogram and Force Patterns in Variably Timed Manual Muscle Testing of the Middle Deltoid Muscle

Electromyogram and Force Patterns in Variably Timed Manual Muscle Testing of the Middle Deltoid Muscle

Muscle testing for lie detection: Grip strength dynamometry is inadequate

Estimating the prevalence of use of kinesiology-style manual muscle testing: A survey of educators

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