Background: The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) attempts to define the
patient's experience of treatment outcomes. Efforts at calculating the MCID have yielded …

Background The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) is intended to detect a
change in a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) large enough for a patient to …

Background Globally, hip fractures are among the top 10 causes of disability in adults. For
displaced femoral neck fractures, there remains uncertainty regarding the effect of a total hip …

Background Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are a gold standard for
measuring therapeutic outcomes in research. Extending their use to inform clinical care …

Abstract Background The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) questionnaire
was developed to provide a standardized method for evaluating shoulder function. Previous …

Background Some aspects of validity are missing for the Harris Hip Score (HHS). Our
objective was to examine the clinically meaningful change thresholds, responsiveness and …

Background: It is essential to quantify an acceptable outcome after total joint arthroplasty
(TJA) in order to understand quality of care. The purpose of this study was to define patient …

Importance Formal rehabilitation programs, including inpatient programs, are often assumed
to optimize recovery among patients after undergoing total knee arthroplasty. However …

Objectives Determine if outpatient physiotherapy care via telerehabilitation is as effective as
in-person physiotherapy care after total hip replacement. Design Randomised, single-blind …

Aims A substantial fraction of patients undergoing knee arthroplasty (KA) or hip arthroplasty
(HA) do not achieve an improvement as high as the minimal clinically important difference …