Determining minimal important differences for patient-reported outcome measures in shoulder, lateral elbow, patellar and Achilles tendinopathies using distribution-based methods

Abstract Background Minimal important difference (MID) is a concept used inconsistently and arbitrarily in tendinopathy research. Our aim was to determine the MIDs for the most commonly used tendinopathy outcome measures using data-driven approaches. Methods Recently published systematic reviews of...

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Main Authors: Dimitris Challoumas, Andrea Zouvani, Kevin Creavin, Elspeth Murray, Gearoid Crosbie, Nigel Ng, Neal L. Millar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06261-9