not sure what you are referring to here when you say...
" The problem with this is the lack of cross-examiner
> agreement, which has actually suffered under what has happened to AK."
There's an excellent article here
http://www.systemsdc.com/ak/researchDCarticle.html
which among other things reports a recent major review article on Manual
Muscle Testing and says:
"The inter-examiner reliability of the MMT was reviewed from 19 studies.7-18
Levels of agreement attained were excellent, ranging from 82 percent to 97
percent agreement for inter-examiner reliability, and from 96 percent to 98
percent for test-retest reliability. Despite this evidence, critics who
remain unaware of the research literature underlying the MMT still assert
that the method is unreliable. However this review of the scientific
literature on MMT shows that this contention should be dismissed."
I agree that some practitioners not skilled in AK use it as if they were
using a pendulum. However, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Goodheart's original hypothesis about AK has stood up to scientific testing:
it is that the failure of a muscle to perform properly during a manual
muscle test. indicates some kind of neuromuscular dysfunction. There is a
long list of factors that may cause this dysfunction -- as well as the
purely biomechanical, postural, muscular and spinal influences, these are
now known to include nutrtiion, toxic chemicals and even meridian
imbalances. The manual muscle test is seen as a practical and functional
test of both biomechanics and the nervous system; *used properly* it has
nothing to do with intuition or dowsing.
Simon.
From: <goldenmike@sbcglobal.net>
> Hello Guru,
I realize that for some practitioners AK is a sort of dowsing, similar to using a pendulum or other prop that allows permission to access the unconscious. The problem with this is the lack of cross-examiner agreement, which has actually suffered under what has happened to AK.
> The way it is used now is no better than intuition. Intuition can
> be an amazing tool for certain talented individuals at least some of
> the time. AK, whether classic or "new wave" has to be taken with a
> grain of salt. It's best use is to give hints concerning
> conventional diagnostic modalities. It's, at best, a type of "hunch" providing a shortcut to more substantial evidence. It should not stand alone.
>
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