muscle test
Evaluate contractile power
A muscle test is a technique where someone applies pressure to a person's extended limb while the person resists, supposedly revealing information about the body's condition or responses.
In applied kinesiology and alternative medicine, practitioners claim weak resistance indicates allergies, nutritional deficiencies, or even answers to yes-no questions: The chiropractor muscle tested me for wheat sensitivity.
Mainstream medicine regards these diagnostic claims as pseudoscientific, though similar tests assess actual muscle strength in physical therapy and neurology.
- strengthPower to exert force
- arm strengthMuscular force in limbs
- grip strengthHand squeezing power
- flexionDecreasing a joint angle
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
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muscle testflexibility test
Evaluates joint mobility
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Magnetic body imaging
X-ray · blood test · biopsy · CT scan · patient history
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