Minimal clinically important differences (MCID) and patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) for visual analog scales (VAS) measuring pain in patients treated for rotator cuff disease.

By R. Tashjian, J. Deloach, C. Porucznik, Amy P. Powell. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, 2009

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Subfields: Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology, Surgery

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• Measuring acute postoperative pain using the visual analog scale: the minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state (2017, methodology): “One study has determined the MCID of the pain VAS in patients after shoulder rotator cuff surgery.(26) The Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) recently reviewed and recommended specific methods that can be used for interpreting the clinical importance”