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Observational studyAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration2025

Estimating the minimum important difference in the ALSFRS-R-instrument in people living with MND.

Sarah L Boddy, Rebecca M Simpson, Stephen J Walters, Hannah Bamford, Theresa Walsh, Christopher J McDermott, PROSEC3 STUDY GROUP

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Observational study in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sarah L BoddySchool of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Rebecca M SimpsonSchool of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Stephen J WaltersSchool of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Hannah BamfordSchool of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Theresa Walsh
Christopher J McDermottSchool of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1269-9053
PROSEC3 STUDY GROUP

Funding

Marie Curie MCRGS-07-16-13
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMinimal Clinically Important DifferenceQuality of LifeAdultAgedFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexALSALSFRS-Ramyotrophic lateral sclerosisfunctional rating scaleMIDminimal important differenceMNDMotor neuron disease

Identifiers

PMID39898446
PMCPMC12011019

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