Duration and Force Variations in Applied Kinesiology Manual Muscle Testing

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00526955

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2007-09-10

Start date

2007-11-30

Completion date

2007-11-30

Last updated

2008-08-07

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Manual muscle testing

Brief summary

To investigate the effect of duration of Applied Kinesiology manual muscle testing on strong versus weak result of the test.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Over 18 years of age, * willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

* Major injury or conditions which would prevent muscle testing of the shoulder.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Force over time during a manual muscle test and a maximal voluntary isometric contraction	1 to 6 seconds

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Facilitated (strong) or inhibited (weak) rating of muscle	1 to 6 seconds

Countries

United States

Outcome results