Minimal Clinically Important Difference
"Minimal Clinically Important Difference" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A statistically significant minimum set of clinical outcomes that demonstrates a clinical benefit of an intervention or treatment.
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D000071081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.559.590.399.750 N05.715.360.575.575.399.750
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Minimal Clinically Important Difference" by people in Profiles.
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Minimally clinically important relative change instead of difference following surgery for degenerative cervical radiculopathy: a nationwide study on 5300 patients using prospectively collected data. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Oct 01; 43(4):464-471.
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Relative Change in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Nationwide Study of 1,700 Patients. Neurosurgery. 2026 Feb 01; 98(2):358-364.
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Patient-reported outcome trajectories the first 24 months after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Apr 01; 42(4):500-508.
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Do class III obese patients achieve similar outcomes and satisfaction to nonobese patients following surgery for cervical myelopathy? A QOD study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Nov 01; 41(5):604-610.
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The minimal clinically important difference of the motricity index score. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2023 04; 30(3):298-303.
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Clinically Meaningful Improvement Following Cervical Spine Surgery: 30% Reduction Versus Absolute Point-change MCID Values. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Jun 01; 46(11):717-725.
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The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A pilot study. J Clin Neurosci. 2021 Jun; 88:95-101.
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Arthroscopic Capsular Plication in Patients With Labral Tears and Borderline Dysplasia of the Hip: Analysis of Risk Factors for Failure. Am J Sports Med. 2018 12; 46(14):3446-3453.
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Does Iliopsoas Lengthening Adversely Affect Clinical Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy? A Multicenter Comparative Study. Am J Sports Med. 2018 09; 46(11):2624-2631.
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Prospective Evaluation of a Single Corticosteroid Injection in Radial Tunnel Syndrome. Hand (N Y). 2019 11; 14(6):741-745.