Applied Kinesiology

Applied Kinesiology fails the most basic test of medical validity: in blinded studies, practitioners cannot reliably identify any substance or condition, with accuracy no better than random guessing at 50% despite their clinical confidence. This pseudoscience claims to diagnose illness by testing muscle strength in response to stimuli, yet repeated controlled experiments—including a 2015 meta-analysis covering 1,200 subjects—found no statistical difference from chance.