How Much Pain Is Significant? Defining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the Visual Analog Scale for Pain After Total Joint Arthroplasty

The ability to detect changes in patient-perceived pain after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is critical to manage postoperative pain. The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for visual analog scale for pain (VAS-P) has not been investigated in this population. This study investigated the...

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Published in:	The Journal of arthroplasty Vol. 33; no. 7; pp. S71 - S75.e2
Main Authors:	Danoff, Jonathan R., Goel, Rahul, Sutton, Ryan, Maltenfort, Mitchell G., Austin, Matthew S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2018
Subjects:	hip knee postoperative pain total joint arthroplasty visual analog scale knee total joint arthroplasty visual analog scale postoperative pain hip
ISSN:	0883-5403, 1532-8406, 1532-8406
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