Minimal Clinically Important Difference
"Minimal Clinically Important Difference" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A statistically significant minimum set of clinical outcomes that demonstrates a clinical benefit of an intervention or treatment.
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D000071081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.559.590.399.750 N05.715.360.575.575.399.750
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Minimal Clinically Important Difference" by people in Profiles.
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Meeting Patient Expectations and Achieving a Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability, Back Pain, and Leg Pain May Provide Predictive Utility for Achieving Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Decompression Patients. World Neurosurg. 2022 06; 162:e328-e335.
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Defining Clinically Significant Outcomes Following Superior Capsular Reconstruction With Acellular Dermal Allograft. Arthroscopy. 2022 05; 38(5):1444-1453.e1.
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Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Functional Improvement After Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome in Athletes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 06 16; 103(12):1055-1062.
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Establishing Clinically Significant Outcomes for Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System After Biceps Tenodesis. Arthroscopy. 2021 06; 37(6):1731-1739.
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Time Required to Achieve Clinically Significant Outcomes After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. Am J Sports Med. 2020 12; 48(14):3447-3453.
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Establishing clinically significant outcome thresholds for the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation 2 years following total shoulder arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 Apr; 30(4):e137-e146.
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Influence of mental health on postoperative outcomes in patients following biceps tenodesis. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2020 Nov; 29(11):2248-2256.
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Defining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Patient Acceptable Symptom State for Microfracture of the Knee: A Psychometric Analysis at Short-term Follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2020 03; 48(4):876-883.
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Two-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Revision Hip Arthroscopy with Capsular?Incompetency. Arthroscopy. 2020 01; 36(1):127-136.
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The Influence of Lumbosacral Spine Pathology on Minimum 2-Year Outcome After Hip Arthroscopy: A Nested Case-Control Analysis. Am J Sports Med. 2020 02; 48(2):403-408.