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Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Participants were analyzed as active and placebo groups and assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up. Internal responsiveness was evaluated using standardized mean differences (SMD) and standardized response means (SRM). External responsiveness was assessed using anchor-based approaches, including correlations with the Global Rating of Change Scale (GRCS) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results: Outcome measures demonstrated moderate to high internal responsiveness, with large effect sizes observed for pain intensity (NRS) and quality of life (EQ-5D-3L). However, external responsiveness was limited, with all instruments presenting area under the curve (AUC) values below 0.70. The Bournemouth Questionnaire showed the highest discriminative performance among the instruments. 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