The minimum clinically important difference of the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 1653-1659

  Tetreault, Lindsay ^a   Nouri, Aria ^a   Kopjar, Branko ^b   Côté, Pierre ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Degenerative cervical myelopathy; Minimum clinically important difference; Modified Japanese orthopaedic association; Myelopathy severity; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERROR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

AGED; CERVICAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84946046696     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001127     Document Type: Article

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