Clinimetrics Corner: The Minimal Clinically Important Change Score (MCID): A Necessary Pretense

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy

• Publication date

  2008-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1179/jmt.2008.16.4.82EPMID 19771185PMCID PMC2716157
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