What is the MCID for outcome parameters to analyse efficacy of intervention in the management of knee OA?

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At leat 50% improvement in pain or function

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK447534/

MCID for the WOMAC was 4.2 points for the pain subscale, 1.9 points for the stiffness subscale, 10.1 points for the function subscale, and 16.1 points for the total

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03635465211016853

adjusted MCIDs for improvement ranged from 2.89 to 16.24 score points

https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000685

Sathish Muthu

VAS (1.5), WOMAC (10), Tegner score(10), Lysholm score(13), IKDC score(9), Cincinnati score(10), KOOS score(10), MOCART score(10).[1,2]

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2.Chahal J, Lansdown DA, Davey A, Davis AM, Cole BJ. The Clinically Important Difference and Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State for Commonly Used Patient-Reported Outcomes After Knee Cartilage Repair. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;49(1):193-199. doi: 10.1177/0363546520969883. Epub 2020 Nov 23. PMID: 33226845.