tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "On the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing: a literature review"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: On the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing: a literature review. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Open Access Review On the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing a literature review Scott C Cuthbert 1 and George J Goodheart Jr2 Address Chiropractic Health Center 255 West Abriendo Avenue Pueblo CO 81004 USA and 2Goodheart Zatkin Hack and Associates 20567 Mack Avenue Grosse Pointe Woods MI 48236-1655 USA Email Scott C Cuthbert - cranialdc@ George J Goodheart - cranialdc@ Corresponding author Published 6 March 2007 Received 14 February 2007 r . J r. Accepted 6 March 2007 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2007 15 4 doi l746-l340-l 5-4 This article is available from http content l5 l 4 2007 Cuthbert and Goodheart licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction A body of basic science and clinical research has been generated on the manual muscle test MMT since its first peer-reviewed publication in 1915. The aim of this report is to provide an historical overview literature review description synthesis and critique of the reliability and validity of MMT in the evaluation of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Methods Online resources were searched including Pubmed and CINAHL each from inception to June 2006 . The search terms manual muscle testing or manual muscle test were used. Relevant peer-reviewed studies commentaries and reviews were selected. The two reviewers assessed data quality independently with selection standards based on predefined methodologic criteria. Studies of MMT were categorized by research content type inter- and intraexaminer reliability studies and construct content concurrent and predictive validity studies. Each study was reviewed in terms of its quality and contribution to .