A critical review of methods used to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of interventions for low back pain

Manuela L. Ferreira; Robert D. Herbert; Paulo H. Ferreira; Jane Latimer; Raymond W. Ostelo; Dafne P. Nascimento; Rob J. Smeets

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.06.018

A critical review of methods used to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of interventions for low back pain

Manuela L. Ferreira^*, Robert D. Herbert, Paulo H. Ferreira, Jane Latimer, Raymond W. Ostelo, Dafne P. Nascimento, Rob J. Smeets

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-261
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	65
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.06.018
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012

Keywords

Minimum clinically important difference
Sufficiently important difference
Low back pain
Clinical trials
Research design
Literature review

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