1. Clinical history provides critical information |
2. Target problem appropriately identified |
3. Design allowed for the examination of cause-and-effect relationship |
4. Block adequacy was confirmed by sensory changes (sensitivity to pinprick, touch, etc) |
5. Adequate baseline measurements |
6. Number of treatment visits > 1 |
7. Individual data from pre-treatment and post-treatment phases |
8. Statistical analyses of the multiple measurements made during pre-treatment, treatment, and post-treatment phases of the case |
9. Replication of results in other patients presented in the article. |