The contents of the Muscle Response Testing page were merged into Applied kinesiology and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history.

This article is the subject of a discussion on the Fringe theories noticeboard. KarlPoppery (talk) 01:01, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This proposed merger presents a problem and perpetuates misinformation. Whilst Applied Kinesiology (AK) was one of the first techniques to use muscle testing and muscle response testing, there are 100's of other techniques now that use MRT. I will come back and outline the distinct differences - which was the subject of my PhD research at Oxford University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anne237au (talk • contribs) 00:00, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AK began in the 1960's, and was a variant of orthopaedic muscle testing. And MRT is again a variant which stemmed from AK - with several distinct differences despite their one similarity. In both AK and MRT, the muscle test is binary, meaning it has 2 possible outcomes: commonly referred to Weak and Strong; however, previous research has established that it is not strength that is assessed during an AK MT. In AK, any muscle is tested, and its result will have a specific meaning dependent upon which muscle is tested and its outcome. On the other hand, in MRT only 1 muscle (commonly the deltoid) is tested repeatedly as the target condition changes. So there was a distinct branching of the practice of muscle testing at some point in the late 1980's. It is estimated that over 1 million people around the world use MRT, compared to only 200-300,000 that use AK. The field has evolved so Wikipedia should evolve with it.

It also may be of interest here to mention that there is also a very distinct difference between two uses of the word "kinesiology." The early use of the word is not being represented by Wikipedia - yet is diverted to AK (again!) In the 1980's, John Thie developed Touch for Health, which followed on from AK. Touch for Health was the first technique called a kinesiology. Then in the early 2000's, in several countries around the world (e.g. Canada and the U.K.), the field of sports and exercise science started to call itself "kinesiology." Now both are called "kinesiolgy" so this is very confusing to readers. As a matter of interest, many kinesiologies use MRT within their practice, while others do not.

So, this is why I must insist on NOT diverting MRT to AK. Thank you for reading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anne237au (talk • contribs) 01:08, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please see:

• Talk:Applied kinesiology#Proposed merge with Muscle response testing
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Muscle response testing
• Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 56#Muscle response testing

—PaleoNeonate – 14:05, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]