The Chiropractic profession claims to affect the nervous system via adjusting the spine. Current research is showing that adjusting hypo-mobile vertebral joint complexes does indeed alter the EMG activity of adjacent para-vertebral muscles at rest.
This experiment seeks to determine whether the adjustment can alter the electromyography (EMG) activity of an appendicular muscle, namely the Deltoid.
If this can be scientifically substantiated it infers that the adjustment can interrupt the aberrant, self sustaining somato-somatic reflex.
Grant Value: $835
Chief Investigator: Dr Kellie Tunstall – Macquarie University
Status: Complete
Outcomes:
No outcomes sourced at this time