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SL Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA, is Professor and Director of Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Professor of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, and Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1441 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

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In providing a meta-analysis of the efficacy of electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback compared with conventional physical therapy, Moreland and Thomson have laid a framework from which physical therapy students and clinicians can benefit. The critical criteria that form the basis for selection of studies and the validity criteria against which these studies are assessed are exceptionally stringent. As such, readers should consider these criteria as they evaluate the merits of any clinical content.

Through their independent analyses of available literature, the authors were able to identify six articles from over 124 articles on this topic that span the time frame (1976–1992) of their search. The fact that only a few articles met their criteria would logically imply that either their criteria are too strict or the quality of past work in this area is inadequate....

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