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Table 6 Level of efficacy used in OA treatment guidelines depending on the statistical and clinical importance (MCII) of the treatment effect

From: Determining the clinical importance of treatment benefits for interventions for painful orthopedic conditions

Descriptive term

Condition of use

Clinically significant

Statistically significant and lower limit of CI > MCII

Possibly clinically significant

Statistically significant and CI contains the MCII

Not clinically significant

Statistically significant and upper limit of CI < MCII

True negative finding

Not statistically significant and upper limit of CI < MCII

Inconclusive finding

Not statistically significant but CO contains the MCII

  1. From AAOS 2013 [30].
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X