SUMMARY Background. Nowadays the use of measurement instruments that evaluate the patient’s condition is very common in the orthopedic field. We know that the most distal district of the lower limb, the osteoarticular complex of the ankle, is one of the most evaluated with rating scales; in fact, there are at least 76 different scoring … Continued
SUMMARY Background. Low back pain and neck pain are musculoskeletal disorders with the highest prevalence in the adult population. Spinal practices usually use formal questionnaires to asses and quantify pain and disability in people that suffer from back and neck pain, the aim of this study was to describe the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process … Continued
SUMMARY Background. The Lysholm knee score, initially introduced in 1982 and modified in 1985, consists of eight items developed to assess knee function after ligamentous injury. It is widely used tool for measuring patient reported outcomes. However, as the tool evolved in English, makes its use restricted to only English-language populations. The purpose of this study is to translate, … Continued