The Spine Journal
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 541-546, September 2007

Understanding the minimum clinically important difference: a review of concepts and methods

  • Anne G. Copay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Spinal Research Foundation, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Virginia Spine Institute, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190. Tel.: (703) 709-1114; fax: (703) 709-1117.
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  • Brian R. Subach, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Spinal Research Foundation, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190, USA
    • Virginia Spine Institute, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190, USA
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  • Steven D. Glassman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and the Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Center, 210 East Gray Street, Suite 900, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • David W. Polly Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of Minnesota, 2450 Riverside Avenue, SR 200, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas C. Schuler, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Spinal Research Foundation, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190, USA
    • Virginia Spine Institute, 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190, USA

Received 7 September 2006; accepted 24 January 2007. published online 02 April 2007.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.Authors acknowledge a financial relationship (Medtronic), which may indirectly relate to the subject of this research.

PII: S1529-9430(07)00052-6

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2007.01.008

The Spine Journal
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 541-546, September 2007

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