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. 2019 Jul 22;17:127. doi: 10.1186/s12955-019-1196-8

Table 2.

Statistically significance and clinically relevance on continuous outcomes of LBP. Δ is the MID. Negative values means improvement (for example, greater pain reduction in the treatment vs. control group)

Scenario N° of trials (%) (total = 42) N° of comparisons (%) (total = 81)

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A) statistically significant and clinically relevant

 15 (36%) 20 (25%)

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B) statistically significant but not clinically relevant

 10 (24%) 22 (27%)

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C) not statistically significant but clinically relevant

 1 (2%) 1 (1%)

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D) not statistically significant and not clinically relevant

 16 (38%) 38 (47%)