A narrative review of manual muscle testing and implications for muscle testing research

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Conable, Katharine M ^a   Rosner, Anthony L ^b  

^a LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^b International College of Applied Kinesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Instrumentation; Kinesiology, applied; Methods; Muscle contraction; Muscle strength; Muscle strength dynamometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052142415     PISSN: 15563707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcm.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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