A review of the literature in applied and specialised kinesiology

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Hall, S ^a,b   Lewith, G ^a   Brien, S ^a   Little, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b British Kinesiology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied Kinesiology; Muscle test; Review

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KINESIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549087277     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112820     Document Type: Review

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