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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 5/2013

01-05-2013 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5

Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Comparative Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Differences for Idiopathic Ulnar Impaction Syndrome (DOI 10.1007/s11999-013-2843-8)

Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 5/2013

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We have come a long way in reporting about what really matters in clinical research. In the early 1960s, Neviaser summarized his results of surgery for large rotator cuff tears rather simply: “My own experience has shown that … massive ruptures with marked separation and retraction of the cuff do not do well by operative repair” [1]. He reported nothing regarding patients’ pain or function after surgery. This was common at the time. …
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go back to reference Neviaser JS. Ruptures of the rotator cuff. Clin Orthop. 1954;3:92-98.PubMed Neviaser JS. Ruptures of the rotator cuff. Clin Orthop. 1954;3:92-98.PubMed
Metadata
Title
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Comparative Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Differences for Idiopathic Ulnar Impaction Syndrome (DOI 10.1007/s11999-013-2843-8)
Author
Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publication date
01-05-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-2886-x

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