“Applied Kinesiology” in medicine and dentistry – a critical review

Tschernitschek, Harald; Fink, Matthias

doi:10.1007/s10354-004-0113-9

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“…Tschernitschek and Fink reviewed AK procedures including those used in dentistry. They concluded that there is a lack of evidence for AK effectiveness, reliability, and validity [ 47 ]. Haas found that MMT reliability could not be substantiated before 1991 because of methodological and statistical limitations of published studies [ 9 ].…”

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

2007

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Cuthbert and Goodheart recently published a narrative review on the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing (MMT) in the Journal. The authors should be recognized for their effort to synthesize this vast body of literature. However, the review contains critical errors in the search methods, inclusion criteria, quality assessment, validity definitions, study interpretation, literature synthesis, generalizability of study findings, and conclusion formulation that merit a reconsideration of the authors' findings. Most importantly, a misunderstanding of the review could easily arise because the authors did not distinguish the general use of muscle strength testing from the specific applications that distinguish the Applied Kinesiology (AK) chiropractic technique. The article makes the fundamental error of implying that the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing lends some degree of credibility to the unique diagnostic procedures of AK. The purpose of this commentary is to provide a critical appraisal of the review, suggest conclusions consistent with the literature both reviewed and omitted, and extricate conclusions that can be made about AK in particular from those that can be made about MMT. When AK is disentangled from standard orthopedic muscle testing, the few studies evaluating unique AK procedures either refute or cannot support the validity of AK procedures as diagnostic tests. The evidence to date does not support the use of MMT for the diagnosis of organic disease or pre/subclinical conditions.

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

2007

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“…This method can be applied to garment-sewing operators whose work requires a high accuracy. Thus, it will create energy flow and provide balance to the muscle, or ensure healthy muscle [47]. The four BG movements selected as having benefits for garment-sewing operators are as follows: increasing the strength and balance of the neck and shoulder muscles to reduce the forwardleaning posture (the owl movement), lengthening the upper chest and shoulder muscles, helping to balance the chest and back muscles, and relaxing the fingers.…”

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Reduction of Fatigue and Musculoskeletal Complaints in Garment Sewing Operator through a Combination of Stretching Brain Gym® and Touch for Health

Ismayenti

Suwandono

Denny

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of using a combination of stretching and Brain Gym®(BG) + Touch for Health (TfH) movements to reduce fatigue and musculoskeletal complaints (MSCs) in garment-sewing operators. A quasi-experimental study was performed on 53 respondents with two sessions of stretching movements and BG + TfH movements of 5 min duration, three times a week for four weeks. Fatigue was measured using a reaction timer and MSCs were measured using a Nordic Body Map questionnaire. Wilcoxon and Mann–Whitney U tests were performed to examine the differences of pre/post and between the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). A significant difference was found in IG for pre- and post-fatigue (p < 0.001) and MSCs (p < 0.001), while in CG there was no difference in fatigue (p = 0.200) and MSCs (p = 0.086). Significant differences were found between the IG and CG groups in terms of fatigue (p = 0.046), as well as in MSCs (p < 0.001). A significant decrease in MSCs per part body in IG was found on the left wrist, left hand, and left knee. The percentage of MSC severity decreased in all parts of the body, except the right shoulder, left elbow, and right thigh.

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‘Touch for Health’ based kinesiology interventions: An innovative qualitative research exploring clients' perspectives

Maine¹,

Horváth²,

Lau³

2022

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

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“Applied Kinesiology” in medicine and dentistry – a critical review

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

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

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

Reduction of Fatigue and Musculoskeletal Complaints in Garment Sewing Operator through a Combination of Stretching Brain Gym® and Touch for Health

‘Touch for Health’ based kinesiology interventions: An innovative qualitative research exploring clients' perspectives

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