Estimating Minimal Clinically Important Differences and Minimal Detectable Change.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Minimal important change (MIC): a conceptual clarification and systematic review of MIC estimates of PROMIS measures.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021
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3. Effects of Different Body Postures on Handgrip Strength Measurements Among Young Adults: A Preliminary Comparison of Standing, Chair-Seated, and Wheelchair-Seated Positions.Cureus · 2025
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4. Traditional Chinese medicine constitutions and mortality risk in the elderly: A single-center retrospective cohort study and survival analysis of over 17,000 individuals.Medicine · 2025
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5. A Scoping Review of Minimal Important Change and Minimal Detectable Change of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity Scale in Patients with Stroke.Physical therapy research · 2025
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6. Characteristics of Systematic Errors in the Two-step Test for Assessing Locomotive Syndrome among Young and Older Adults.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025
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7. Evidence-based health: mathematical strategies for translating scientific findings into routine clinical care.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023
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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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