Common errors and clinical guidelines for manual muscle testing: "The arm test" and other inaccurate procedures

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schmitt Jr , Walter H ^a   Cuthbert, Scott C ^a  

^a Chiropractic Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MANUAL MUSCLE TEST; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 58749099451     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-16-16     Document Type: Article

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