Given a 10-test package for patients with prolonged back and neck pain, an examiner without formal medical education could be used without loss of quality, at least for the five tests that require no manual fixation.
The aim of this study was to answer the question: given a 10-test package for patients with prolonged back and neck pain, could an examiner without formal medical education be used without loss of quality?
In a 10-test package for patients with prolonged back and neck pain, an examiner without formal medical education could be used without loss of quality, at least for the five tests requiring no manual fixation.
The set should be applicable in combination with a test package used for evaluation of a treatment planning system, such as the ones proposed by the AAPM Task Group 23 or by the Netherlands Commission on Radiation Dosimetry.
As the everyday clinical situation is seldom ideal, we chose motion tests for our test package that exclusively concerned general mobility.
In addition, the team made test packages available for purchase — a set of 15 frames was selling for $99.
Was the composition of the 10-test package suitable for answering this question?
The group differences were attained by the Fisher's multiple comparison test [Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 17.0, Chicago, IL].
The responses were analysed using the Binomial Probability test (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences [SPSS], Version 14) to analyse potential differences in preference for anti-TNF therapies, a p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Resistance prevalence was compared between the two time periods of 2001 to 2005 and 2006 to 2010 using a Chi-square or Fisher's exact test (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, Version 17.0, New York, USA).
Differences in bacterial growth rate and percentage of invasion were assessed for significance by using Student's t-test (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS 18.0).
