Expanding the neurological examination using functional neurologic assessment: Part II neurologic basis of applied kinesiology

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-108

  Schmitt Jr , Walter H ^a   Yanuck, Samuel F ^a,b  

^a Foundation for Allied Conservative Therapies Research   (United States)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Functional illness; Functional medicine; Functional neurologic assessment; Functional neurology; Kinesiology; Manual muscle testing; Muscle contraction; Muscle testing; Muscular strength; Neurologic assessment; Neurologic examination; Physical examination; Physiology; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033103883     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459908994304     Document Type: Article

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