Table 10.

Anchor-based estimates of the minimal important difference predicting change with respect to deterioration and improvement

Global rating of change questions	Item/Section of the MSQPT
	M4	M8a	M8b	Activity	Participation	Balance	Total score
Therapist, global rating, deterioration (35)	*	*	*	−3.09	−3.40	*	−9.09
Therapist global rating, improvement (18)	*	*	*	3.00	2.00	*	7.78
Patient, global rating, deterioration (41)	*	*	*	−2.17	−1.71	*	−5.02
Patient, global rating, improvement (12)	*	*	*	3.63	1.17	*	4.96
Therapist, walking rating, deterioration (41)		−0.46	−0.37	*	*	*	*
Therapist, walking rating, improvement (12)		0.58	0.08	*	*	*	*
Patient, walking rating, deterioration (15)		−0.13	−0.53	*	*	*	*
Patient, walking rating, improvement (6)		0.67	0.67	*	*	*	*
Therapist, balance rating, deterioration (30)	−0.27	−0.50	−0.47	*	*	−1.00	*
Therapist, balance rating, improvement (18)	0.22	0.28	0.06	*	*	0.17	*
Patient, balance rating, deterioration (9)	−0.11	−0.22	−0.67	*	*	−1.78	*
Patient, balance rating, improvement	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Patient, participation rating, deterioration (8)	*	*	*	−1.71	4.86	*	−6.86
Patient, participation rating, improvement (6)	*	*	*	4.00	2.00	*	14.57
Therapist participation rating, deterioration (7)	*	*	*	−7.63	−11.00	*	−21.88
Therapist participation rating, improvement (7)	*	*	*	5.67	5.00	*	16.50
Patient, impairment rating, deterioration (12)	*	*	*	−12.20	−2.80	*	−24.40
Patient, impairment rating, improvement (9)	*	*	*	2.00	−3.00	*	2.20
Therapist, impairment rating, deterioration (5)	*	*	*	−6.08	−1.42	*	−10.42
Therapist, impairment rating, improvement (5)	*	*	*	2.22	3.33	*	2.33

M4 taking a shower, M8a walking distance, M8b walking time; () displays the number of cases; *rating and section are not relevantly related; **not computable