Minimal Clinically Important Difference Estimates Are Biased by Adjusting for Baseline Severity, Not by Regression to the Mean

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Berend Terluin et al. J Athl Train. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;57(11-12):1122-1123.

doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-1006.22.

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Minimal Clinically Important Differences Require Baseline Adjustments to Maintain Theoretical Viability.
Tenan MS, Simon JE. Tenan MS, et al. J Athl Train. 2022 Nov 1;57(11-12):1124-1125. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-1007.22. J Athl Train. 2022. PMID: 36656306 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Anchored Minimal Clinically Important Difference Metrics: Considerations for Bias and Regression to the Mean.
Tenan MS, Simon JE, Robins RJ, Lee I, Sheean AJ, Dickens JF. Tenan MS, et al. J Athl Train. 2021 Sep 1;56(9):1042-1049. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-0368.20. J Athl Train. 2021. PMID: 33237997 Free PMC article.

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