Investigating the accuracy of manual muscle testing to distinguish false from true statements, using different levels of blinding
- Conditions
- Manual Muscle Testing (assessment tool)(aka MMT)None. This is not a therapy, it is a noninvasive assessment tool. There is no potential harm to participants.Manual Muscle Testing (assessment tool)(aka MMT)Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000455268
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Anne M Jensen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
There will be two groups of participants recruited for this study: (1) Healthcare providers (Practitioners) who are healthy and aged between 18 and 65 years - regardless of MMT experience, and (2) Testees who are healthy adults between age 18 and 65 years, who the Practitioners will perform the MMT upon - they will not be assessed or measured in any way (other than the Rapport Q'aire); There will be two groups of participants recruited for this study: (1) Healthcare providers (Practitioners) who are healthy and aged between 18 and 65 years - regardless of MMT experience, and (2) Testees who are healthy adults between age 18 and 65 years, who the Practitioners will perform the MMT upon - they will not be assessed or measured in any way (other than the Rapport Q'aire)
Volunteers will be excluded if they have a current physical disability or injury of their upper extremity, or are blind, deaf or mute.; Volunteers will be excluded if they have a current physical disability or injury of their upper extremity, or are blind, deaf or mute.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome will be the % of accurate tests for each level of blinding.[ One entire data collection session will last no more than 30min. (See primary outcome 1 above) Data collection will take place over two (2) years: February 2010 to December 2011 - or when our sample size has been acheived, whichever comes first.<br>Data collection is continuing for one part of this study and will be completed by the end of 2016.<br>];The primary outcome will be the % of accurate tests for each level of blinding.[ One entire data collection session will last no more than 30min. (See primary outcome 1 above) Data collection will take place over two (2) years: February 2010 to December 2011 - or when our sample size has been acheived, whichever comes first.<br>Data collection is continuing for one part of this study and will be completed by the end of 2016.<br>]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mean % correct correlated with years of practitioner MMT experience[ At the end of all data collection];mean % correct correlated with rated levels of confidence[ Both the Practitioner and the Testee will be asked to rate their overall levels of confidence in muscle testing and in the practitioner.];mean % correct correlated with years of practitioner MMT experience[ At the end of all data collection];mean % correct correlated with rated levels of confidence[ Both the Practitioner and the Testee will be asked to rate their overall levels of confidence in muscle testing and in the practitioner.]