PMID- 19771185 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20110714 LR - 20220318 IS - 1066-9817 (Print) IS - 1066-9817 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 4 DP - 2008 TI - Clinimetrics Corner: The Minimal Clinically Important Change Score (MCID): A Necessary Pretense. PG - E82-3 AB - Minimal clinically important differences (MCID) are patient derived scores that reflect changes in a clinical intervention that are meaningful for the patient. At present, there are a number of different methods to obtain an MCID, as there a number of different factors that can influence the MCID value. This clinimetric corner outlines the hidden challenges associated with identifying a viable MCID and possible suggestions to improve the future development of these single scores. FAU - Cook, Chad E AU - Cook CE AD - Associate Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Department of Surgery, Duke University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - J Man Manip Ther JT - The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy JID - 9433812 PMC - PMC2716157 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Global rating of change OT - Minimal clinically important difference OT - Outcomes measures EDAT- 2008/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2008/01/01 00:01 PMCR- 2009/01/01 CRDT- 2009/09/23 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2009/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jmmt0016-0e82 [pii] AID - 10.1179/jmt.2008.16.4.82E [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Man Manip Ther. 2008;16(4):E82-3. doi: 10.1179/jmt.2008.16.4.82E.