When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

A six-year cohort study shows low muscle strength, not sarcopenia, is linked to increased falls risk in patients with ...

A review of 76 studies reveals that research largely supports the validity and reliability of isokinetic strength testing of older patients with stroke, but few data are available that provide ...

What if you could easily test the strength of your bones and muscle functionality at home, instead of undergoing expensive tests at the doctor’s office? Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have developed ...

Muscle strength grading is used to categorize muscle strength on a scale of 0 to 5 in relation to the expected strength for a ...

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly due to underlying medical conditions. Other factors can contribute, like ...