Establishing the minimum clinically important difference in Neck Disability Index and modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scores for adult cervical deformity.

CONCLUSIONS: The ACD-specific MCID thresholds for NDI and mJOA are similar to the reported MCID following surgery for degenerative cervical disease. Additional studies are needed to verify these findings. Nonetheless, the findings here will be useful for future studies evaluating the success of surgery for patients with ACD undergoing deformity correction. PMID: 32470935 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - May 28, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Soroceanu A, Smith JS, Lau D, Kelly MP, Passias PG, Protopsaltis TS, Gum JL, Lafage V, Kim HJ, Scheer JK, Gupta M, Mundis GM, Klineberg EO, Burton D, Bess S, Ames CP, International Spine Study Group Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research