Physical activity (PA) is suggested to reduce osteoarthritis pain; however, it may be avoided
by patients requiring arthroplasty. Our goal was to investigate objective and patient-reported …

Purpose To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and the patient
acceptable symptom state (PASS) threshold for the visual analog scale (VAS), Constant …

We would like to thank Riddle and Dumenci for the opportunity to respond to their letter
regarding our recent study,“The Paradox of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Should …

Background The patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) refers to a cutoff value on any
patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) scale, beyond which patients consider …

Background This study aimed to determine the minimal clinically important difference
(MCID) and the patient acceptable symptoms state (PASS) threshold for the knee injury and …

Introduction Previous studies have shown lower morbidity and mortality rates after total hip
arthroplasty (THA) at academic teaching hospitals. This study sought to determine the …

Background Recently, some payers have limited access to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to
patients who have Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade 4 osteoarthritis only. This study compared …

Background Sarcopenia, which is a progressive and multifactorial condition of decreased
muscle strength, has been identified as an independent predictor for falls, revision, infection …

Goh and colleagues examined associations between minimal clinically important difference
(MCID) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) measures obtained from patients with …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) have been widely utilised to evaluate the TKR outcome
and to predict it. Although PROMs inform on the patient's perception of function, they are …