PMID- 30774209
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200929
IS  - 0915-5287 (Print)
IS  - 2187-5626 (Electronic)
IS  - 0915-5287 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - Minimal clinically important difference for grip strength: a systematic review.
PG  - 75-78
LID - 10.1589/jpts.31.75 [doi]
AB  - [Purpose] The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in grip strength is 
      critical to interpreting changes in hand strength over time. This review was 
      undertaken to summarize extant descriptions of the MCID for grip strength. 
      [Methods] A search of 3 bibliographic databases as well as a hand search were 
      completed to identify articles reporting the MCID for grip forces obtained by 
      dynamometry. [Results] Of 38 unique articles identified as potentially relevant, 
      4 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this review. The MCIDs ranged from 
      0.04 kg to 6.5 kg. However, only a single study used receiver operating 
      characteristic curve analysis and had an associated area under the curve 
      exceeding 0.70. That study reported an MCID of 6.5 kg, which was similar to the 
      MCIDs of another included study and minimal detectable changes reported 
      elsewhere. [Conclusion] Additional, more rigorous, studies are needed to identify 
      MCIDs for grip strength. In the meantime changes of 5.0 to 6.5 kg may be 
      reasonable estimates of meaningful changes in grip strength.
FAU - Bohannon, Richard W
AU  - Bohannon RW
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University: 4150 US Highway 421 South, 
      Lillington, North Carolina, 27546 USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20190110
PL  - Japan
TA  - J Phys Ther Sci
JT  - Journal of physical therapy science
JID - 9105359
PMC - PMC6348186
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dynamometry
OT  - Hand
OT  - Muscle strength
EDAT- 2019/02/19 06:00
MHDA- 2019/02/19 06:01
PMCR- 2019/01/01
CRDT- 2019/02/19 06:00
PHST- 2018/08/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/10/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/02/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/02/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/02/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jpts-2018-339 [pii]
AID - 10.1589/jpts.31.75 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Phys Ther Sci. 2019 Jan;31(1):75-78. doi: 10.1589/jpts.31.75. Epub 2019 Jan 10.