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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Minimal Clinically Important Difference" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of Preoperative Depressive Burden on Achieving a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Lumbar Decompression. Clin Spine Surg. 2022 11 01; 35(9):E693-E697.
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Establishing Clinically Significant Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Jul 01; 42(6):e641-e648.
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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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Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Achievement of Clinically Significant Outcomes After Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2022 06; 38(6):2090-2105.
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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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Patient Satisfaction Following Minimally Invasive and Open Surgeries for Adult Spinal Deformity. World Neurosurg. 2021 11; 155:e301-e314.
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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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Achievement of a Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability Is a Suitable Predictor of Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Fusion Patients. World Neurosurg. 2021 08; 152:e94-e100.
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Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Patient-Acceptable Symptomatic State After Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair and Associated Variables for Achievement. Arthroscopy. 2021 12; 37(12):3479-3486.
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The Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 May 01; 46(9):603-609.