Minimal Clinically Important Difference and the Effect of Clinical Variables on the Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale in Surgically Treated End-Stage Ankle Arthritis

Conclusions:
Patients undergoing arthroplasty or arthrodesis for end-stage ankle arthritis experienced a mean improvement in AOS score that was greater than the estimated MCID (31.2 versus 28.0 points).

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - May 20, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Coe, M. P., Sutherland, J. M., Penner, M. J., Younger, A., Wing, K. J. Tags: Foot & Ankle Scientific Articles Source Type: research