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Thursday, May 6, 2010

K7 PROJECT NO. 2

K7 PROJECT NO. 2 - DEFINING THE SYMPTOMATIC PATIENT using Scan 9 and Scan 18 Pre TENS
To read more about the purpose and protocols of this study click: http://nmresearchprojects.blogspot.com/

To read more on K7 Project No. 1 and its findings regarding the "Asymptomatic" baseline profile using Scan 9 and Scan 18 mean frequency analysis see: http://neuromuscularresearchfindings.blogspot.com/2009/07/nm-research-findings.html

21 clinicians with Myotronics K7 instrumentation comprised the K7 Project No. 2 Team.

55 patient candidates were gathered as the sample size for this study.

We want to recognize the following Clinical Research Associates who participated and contributed to this research project: 
  1. Clayton A. Chan, DDS – Las Vegas, NV
  2. Ramin Mehregan, DMD - Canton, MA
  3. Hamid Nassery, DMD - Miami Beach, Fl
  4. Chris Mohler, DDS - Beaufort, SC
  5. Patti Swaintek-Lamb, DMD - Bernardsville, New Jersey
  6. Hoa Nguyen, D.D.S. - Ottawa, ON
  7. Fara Thomas, DDS - Las Vegas, Nevada
  8. Roger Anderson, DDS - Seattle, Washington
  9. Dave Martin, DDS, - Totowa, New Jersey
  10. Doug Chase, DDS - Santa Rosa, California
  11. Douglas Hope, DDS - Escondido, CA
  12. Art Kwan, DDS - Rocklin, California
  13. Gregg Ueckert, DDS - Austin, TX
  14. Tracy Poole, DDS - Toledo, OH
  15. Ted Hadgis, DDS - Grosse Pointe Shores
  16. Bob Clinton, DDS, Sydenham, Ontario
  17. Rashmi Parmar DMD - Clarksville , MD
  18. Jerry Lim, BDS – Singapore
  19. Derek Okamura - Vancouver, BC
  20. Lawrence M. Stanleigh BSc MSc DDS - Calgary, AB
  21. Jerry M. Strauss, DMD - Fairfield, New Jersey
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Scan 18 Mean Frequency Averages - Symptomatic Group (55 Candidates)

                                    


Scan 18 Mean Frequency - Scaled and Compiled (55 Symptomatic Candidates)

These are the mean frequency patterns that have been recorded during a 10 second clench in habitual CO using Myotronics Scan 18 mean frequency analsysis test. The data has been scaled and overlayed to evaluate for any particular significant patterns.

Mean Frequency Graph (Raw Data)
Symptomatic clench patterns show a relatively more erradic graph pattern with more variable deviations in between the initial clench and the end of the clench.



Mean Frequency Shift Average Graphs (41 asymptomatic candidates)



Data is scaled and overlayed to evaluate for significant patterns of the left anterior temporalis (LTA), right anterior temporalis (RTA), left masseter (LMM) and right masseter (RMM).



The mean frequency averages graphs (see above in red), rather masks these detailed raw data patterns over time. No distinct upward or downward pattern was identified when analyzing the mean frequency averages.



No distinct frequency pattern was identified with the Symptomatic group, but rather a broad variation of up and down mean frequency graph patterns were displayed in both downward as well as upward sloping averages.

170 mv range appears to be the predominate range of the Mean Frequency Average graphs of the 55 candidates that were displayed, scaled and overlayed to the same graph. Note a slightly more erradic graph patterns were displayed with intermittent smoother graph patterns were observed with symptomatic 10 second clench group compared to the Asymptomatic group in K7 Project No.1.

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