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NMT Laws
Law | Definition | Example | Implication |
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Arndt's Law | Weak stimuli activate physiologic processes; very strong stimuli inhibit them | (blank) | To encourage a specific response, use gentler methods. To shut off a response, use deeper methods. |
Davis's Law | Muscles which are held in a shortened position will increase in tonus. | (blank) | Use to return muscles to normal tone |
Hilton's Law | A nerve that supplies a joint also supplies the muscles of the joint and the skin over the insertions of the muscles | (blank) | Stimulation to area affects all parts |
Righting Reflexes | Reflexes that bring the body into its normal position in space and which resist any force acting to put it into a false position | Scoliosis | (blank) |
Wolff's Law | Law of bone transformation | wearing pointed shoes | (blank) |
Law of Motion | Every action there is always an opposite and equal reaction | Gait | (blank) |
Pflugler's Laws | Unilaterallity; Symmetry; Intensity; Radiation; Generalization | (blank) | Progression of the pain cycle |
Law of Unilaterallity | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |