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. 2017 Apr;475(4):933-946.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-016-5204-6. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Statistics In Brief: Minimum Clinically Important Difference-Availability of Reliable Estimates

Mitchell Maltenfort  1 , Claudio Díaz-Ledezma  2
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Statistics In Brief: Minimum Clinically Important Difference-Availability of Reliable Estimates

Mitchell Maltenfort et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Apr.
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A comparison of clinical and statistical significance is presented. The vertical line indicates the “no change” region of a measured effect. The horizontal distance from the line measures strength of the effect. Any confidence interval crossing that vertical line is not statistically significant, and any confidence interval near that line may not be clinically significant.
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