Muscle Test Comparisons of Congruent and Incongruent Self-Referential Statements

@article{Monti1999MuscleTC,
  title={Muscle Test Comparisons of Congruent and Incongruent Self-Referential Statements},
  author={Daniel Monti and Joan M. Sinnott and M Marchese and E Kunkel and Jeffrey M. Greeson},
  journal={Perceptual and Motor Skills},
  year={1999},
  volume={88},
  pages={1019 - 1028}
}
This study investigated differences in values of manual muscle tests after exposure to congruent and incongruent semantic stimuli. Muscle testing with a computerized dynamometer was peformed on the deltoid muscle group of 89 healthy college students after repetitions of congruent (true) and incongruent (false) self-referential statements. The order in which statements were repeated was controlled by a counterbalanced design. The combined data showed that approximately 17% more total force over… 
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