Disentangling manual muscle testing and Applied Kinesiology: Critique and reinterpretation of a literature review

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Haas, Mitchell ^a   Cooperstein, Robert ^b   Peterson, David ^a  

^a Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^b Palmer College of Chiropractic West   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 35148887649     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-15-11     Document Type: Note

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