The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 469-474, June 2010

Neck Disability Index, short form-36 physical component summary, and pain scales for neck and arm pain: the minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit after cervical spine fusion

  • Leah Y. Carreon, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Norton Leatherman Spine Center, 210 East Gray St, Suite 900, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Norton Leatherman Spine Center, 210 East Gray St, Suite 900, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Tel.: (502) 584-7525; fax: (502) 584-6851.
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  • Steven D. Glassman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Norton Leatherman Spine Center, 210 East Gray St, Suite 900, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • Mitchell J. Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Norton Leatherman Spine Center, 210 East Gray St, Suite 900, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • Paul A. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Ave., K4/736, Madison, WI 53792, USA

Received 17 August 2009; received in revised form 8 December 2009; accepted 5 February 2010. published online 02 April 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: LYC (trips/travel, Medtronic Sofamor Danek); SDG (royalties, Medtronic; consulting, Medtronic; trips/travel, Medtronic; research: staff and/or materials, Medtronic, Norton Healthcare; grants, Norton Healthcare Community Trust Fund; fellowship support, Norton Healthcare); MJC (royalties, Medtronic Sofamor Danek; consulting, Medtronic Sofamor Danek; trips/travel, Medtronic Sofamor Danek; research: staff and/or materials, Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Norton Healthcare; fellowship support, Norton Healthcare); PAA (royalties, Stryker; stock ownership, including options and warrants, Pioneer; private investments, including venture capital, start-ups, Titan, Expanding Orthopedics; consulting, Pioneer, Medtronic; trips/travel, Medtronic; scientific advisory board, Pioneer; grants, NASS).

PII: S1529-9430(10)00106-3

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.02.007

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 469-474, June 2010

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