BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 4 Correlation coefficients between the GRC (− 3 to + 3) and changes in scores (Δ = follow up score – baseline score)

From: “Minimal clinically important difference” estimates of 6 commonly-used performance tests in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain completing a work-related multidisciplinary rehabilitation program

Changes in Scores	Upper limb	Lower limb	Neck/Back
Δ 6MWT	–	0.351^a	0.372^a
Δ SRT	–	0.220^a	0.184
Δ 1MSCT	–	0.424^a	0.331^a
Δ STS	–	0.067	−0.046
Δ JAM	0.338^a	–	–
Δ PILE	0.312^a	0.241^a	0.171

6MWT: 6-Minute Walk Test, SRT Steep Ramp Test, 1MSCT 1-Minute Stair Climbing Test, STS Sit-To-Stand test, JAM Jamar dynamometer test, PILE Progressive Isoinertial Lifting Evaluation. ^aStatistically significant

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