Minimum Detectable and Minimal Clinically Important Changes for Pain in Patients with Nonspecific Neck
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objective: To estimate the minimal detectable change (MDC) and the minimal clinically important changes (MCIC) for pain severity in subacute and chronic neck pain (NP) patients, to assess if MDC and MCIC values are influenced by baseline values and to explore if they are different in the subset of patients reporting referred pain, and in subacute versus chronic patients.
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Author's response to reviews Title: Minimum detectable and minimal clinically important changes for pain in patients with nonspecific neck pain Authors:
Francisco M Kovacs ([email protected]) Victor Abraira ([email protected]) Ana Royuela ([email protected]) Josep Corcoll ([email protected]) Luis Alegre ([email protected]) Miquel Tomas ([email protected]) Maria Antonia Mir ([email protected]) Alejandra Cano ([email protected]) Alfonso Muriel ([email protected]) Javier Zamora ([email protected]) Maria ...
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