Surrogate OutcomeClinical

A measured outcome used as a stand-in for a clinically or performance-relevant endpoint

A surrogate outcome (e.g. acute within-session velocity maintenance) is easier or quicker to measure than the outcome that actually matters (e.g. long-term strength, power or hypertrophy gains), but improvement in the surrogate does not guarantee improvement in the true outcome. Clinicians and coaches should treat surrogate-outcome findings as hypothesis-generating for practice rather than as proof that the intervention improves training adaptations.

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This guide was auto-drafted and is pending editorial review.