Clinimetrics corner: A closer look at the minimal clinically important difference (MCID)

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-166

  Wright, Alexis ^a   Hannon, Joseph ^b   Hegedus, Eric J ^a   Kavchak, Alicia Emerson ^c  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

MCID; Outcome measures; Psychometric properties; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE SCORE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84865179795     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042618612Y.0000000001     Document Type: Article

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