Conclusion : There is insufficient evidence for diagnostic accuracy within kinesiology , the validity of muscle response and the effectiveness of kinesiology for any condition .
Introduction : Kinesiology is a diagnostic , therapeutic complementary therapy utilising subtle change in manual muscle testing results to evaluate the body ’s energetic balance and select healing modalities .
Anecdotal evidence suggests kinesiology is helpful , therefore we wished to critically review the literature .
Aims : ( 1 ) To ascertain if diagnostic accuracy including inter-examiner reliability has been established . (
2 ) To review whether there is evidence for its therapeutic effectiveness . (
3 ) To critically assess the quality of relevant studies .
Effect of Educational Kinesiology upon Simple Response Times and Choice Response Times
The purpose of this study was to determine whether Educational Kinesiology ® integration movements or repatterning in conjunction with the integration movements affect the response times of college students to a visual stimulus . Ten men and ten women were r and omly assigned to each of the three conditions : control , Edu-K movement , or repatterned Edu-K movements . Each subject was pretested on simple and choice response-time tasks . Following the pretest , subjects in the control group sat quietly for 10 minutes . The movement group utilized seven Brain Gym ® activities . Subjects in the repatterned group experienced Dennison 's Laterality Repatterning prior to doing the same Brain Gym activities . All subjects were then retested to assess changes in performance using 30 trials of each task . Statistical analyses indicated significant differences in improvement between the groups on the 4-choice task , with the repatterned group showing greater change than the Edu-K movement-only group , who in turn showed greater improvement than the control group . The groups improved by 6 % , 31/2 % , and 1 % , respectively . No group differences were significant on the simple task , although a similar trend was indicated . Men responded faster than women on both tasks ; however , the amount of improvement was similar for both
Conclusion : There is insufficient evidence for diagnostic accuracy within kinesiology , the validity of muscle response and the effectiveness of kinesiology for any condition .
Introduction : Kinesiology is a diagnostic , therapeutic complementary therapy utilising subtle change in manual muscle testing results to evaluate the body ’s energetic balance and select healing modalities .
Anecdotal evidence suggests kinesiology is helpful , therefore we wished to critically review the literature .
Aims : ( 1 ) To ascertain if diagnostic accuracy including inter-examiner reliability has been established . (
2 ) To review whether there is evidence for its therapeutic effectiveness . (
3 ) To critically assess the quality of relevant studies .