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On the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing: a literature review

Overview of attention for article published in Chiropractic & Osteopathy, March 2007
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)

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4 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
twitter
8 X users
facebook
14 Facebook pages
wikipedia
6 Wikipedia pages
q&a
1 Q&A thread

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1176 Mendeley
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2 CiteULike
Title
On the reliability and validity of manual muscle testing: a literature review
Published in
Chiropractic & Osteopathy, March 2007
DOI 10.1186/1746-1340-15-4
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Authors

Scott C Cuthbert, George J Goodheart

Abstract

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.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 <1%
France 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Pakistan 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Other 4 <1%
Unknown 1155 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 222 19%
Student > Doctoral Student 214 18%
Student > Master 134 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 75 6%
Student > Postgraduate 62 5%
Other 148 13%
Unknown 321 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 299 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 285 24%
Sports and Recreations 79 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 40 3%
Engineering 37 3%
Other 93 8%
Unknown 343 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 September 2022.
All research outputs
#780,020
of 26,401,177 outputs
Outputs from Chiropractic & Osteopathy
#5
of 83 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,282
of 91,106 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Chiropractic & Osteopathy
#1
of 3 outputs
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