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NMT Laws

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Law
Definition
Example
Implication
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.  
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Davis's Law   Muscles which are held in a shortened position will increase in tonus.   (blank)   Use to return muscles to normal tone  
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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  
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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)  
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Wolff's Law   Law of bone transformation   wearing pointed shoes   (blank)  
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Law of Motion   Every action there is always an opposite and equal reaction   Gait   (blank)  
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Pflugler's Laws   Unilaterallity; Symmetry; Intensity; Radiation; Generalization   (blank)   Progression of the pain cycle  
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Law of Unilaterallity   (blank)   (blank)   (blank)  
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