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The figure illustrates the application of formulas to the Osteoarthritis Initiative data for calculation of the extent of crosstalk for 3 different hypothetical clinical scenarios. Note that the differences among the 3 scenarios all meet or exceed the minimal clinically important difference for WOMAC pain and suggest clinicians should be aware that pain in other body regions cause an inflation of WOMAC pain scores, potentially to a clinically important extent.
