Determination of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State for the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Score in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

The patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) has gained attention as a valuable interpretation tool in spine research. While the PASS for the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score has been recently proposed, previous analyses demonstrated a weak discriminative ability for the suggested threshold.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research