Index to Chiropractic Literature
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URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110397/
Journal J Chiropr Med. 2011 Mar;10(1):70-73
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Publication Type Case Report
Abstract/Notes

Objective: This study describes a model for statistically analyzing follow-up numeric-based chiropractic spinal assessments for an individual patient based on his or her own baseline.

Methods: Ten mastoid fossa temperature differential readings (MFTD) obtained from a chiropractic patient were used in the study. The first eight readings served as baseline and were compared to post-adjustment readings.

Results: One of the two post-adjustment MFTD readings fell outside two standard deviations of the baseline mean and therefore theoretically represents improvement according to pattern analysis theory.

Conclusion: This study showed how standard deviation analysis may be used to identify future outliers for an individual patient based on his or her own baseline data.

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