The minimal important difference (MID) is a phrase with instant appeal in a field struggling to
interpret health-related quality of life and other patient-reported outcomes. The terminology …

Abstract Changes in scores on health status questionnaires are difficult to interpret. Several
methods to determine minimally important changes (MICs) have been proposed which can …

Objective The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of a patient-reported outcome
measure (PROM) represents a threshold value of change in PROM score deemed to have …

Background: Several quality of recovery (QoR) health status scales have been developed to
quantify the patient's experience after anesthesia and surgery, but to date, it is unclear what …

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are small wearable sensors that have tremendous
potential to be applied to clinical gait analysis. They allow objective evaluation of gait and …

Objectives To present estimates of clinically meaningful or minimal important changes for
the Oxford Hip Score (OHS) and the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) after joint replacement …

The use of standardised tools is an essential component of evidence-based practice.
Reliance on standardised tools places demands on clinicians to understand their properties …

OBJECTIVES: Recently, an increasing number of systematic reviews have been published
in which the measurement properties of health status questionnaires are compared. For a …

Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of
evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and …

Reliability of gait performance tests in men and women with hemiparesis after stroke. -
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