Quantifying clinically significant change: A brief review of methods and presentation of a hybrid approach

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2385-2393

  Mann, Barton J ^a   Gosens, Taco ^b   Lyman, Stephen ^c  

^a American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical significance; effect size; MCID; MDC; PASS; responder analysis; SEM

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867058648     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512457346     Document Type: Review

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