Minimum Clinically Important Difference: Current Trends in the Orthopaedic Literature, Part I: Upper Extremity: A Systematic Review.

AG, Copay; AS, Chung; B, Eyberg; N, Olmscheid; N, Chutkan; MJ, Spangehl

doi:10.2106/jbjs.rvw.17.00159

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Minimum Clinically Important Difference: Current Trends in the Orthopaedic Literature, Part I: Upper Extremity: A Systematic Review.

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Authors:

Copay AG

Chung AS

Eyberg B

Abstract

Background The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) attempts to define the patient's experience of treatment outcomes. Efforts at calculating the MCID have yielded multiple and inconsistent MCID values. The purposes of this review were to describe the usage of the MCID in the most recent o...

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