During the subacute stage of recovery, individuals poststroke who experience improvements in gait speed of 0.175 m/s or greater are likely to exhibit a meaningful improvement in walking ability. The estimated clinically important change value of 0.175 m/s can be used by clinicians to set goals and interpret change in individual patients and by researchers to compare important change between groups.
The estimated MCID values presented in this study provide a way for clinicians to evaluate meaningful change in individual patients and for researchers to evaluate meaningful change between groups.
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