While for the "strongly agree" response is assigned a score of 5, for the "strongly disagree" response is assigned a score of 1.
In determining outcome, a negative response was assigned for patients who had the device removed.
The design used a 4 (stimuli) to 2 (responses) paradigm in which the left-hand response was assigned to "1" and "2" and the right-hand response was assigned to "3" and "4" (counterbalanced across the participants).
Springs representing FRP anchor response were assigned different force deformation properties than those used for the interface springs.
A worst-case analysis was also conducted in which a negative response was assigned for patients lost to follow-up or who failed to respond to a particular question.
Each correct response was assigned one point.
For each of these questions, a "yes" response was assigned 2 points, an "in part" response was assigned 1 point, and a "no" response assigned 0 points.
A response was assigned to each imaging study (XR, SS, CT, or MRI).
Each response was assigned a score of one (strongly agree) to five (strongly disagree).
The DE genes associated with inflammatory response were assigned based on GO term and manual annotation.
Patients showing a non-satisfactory response were assigned to the opposite treatment.
