title: Italian translation of the VISA-A score for tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon.
abstract: Purpose. To translate and adapt the English VISA-A questionnaire to Italian, to perform reliability and validity evaluations of the Italian VISA-A version in patients with tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon. Methods. The VISA-A English version was translated into Italian by a bilingual orthopaedic surgeon. The back translation of the Italian version into English was performed by another bilingual orthopaedic surgeon. The original version was compared with the back translation. The VISA-A-I questionnaire was then administered to 50 male athletes (average age 26.4, range 18 - 49 years) with a diagnosis of tendinopathy of the main body of the AT. For test-retest evaluation, the 50 patients were asked to complete the questionnaire at first examination, and 30 minutes following the end of this examination. Results. The kappa statistics for 50 patients was 0.80 (range 0.7 - 0.86). There were no significant differences between the scores immediately after the consultation and 30 minutes later. Conclusions. Italian and the English versions of the VISA-A questionnaire evaluate the same aspects of clinical severity in patients with tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke on Trent, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
authors.forename: Umile Giuseppe
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Vittorino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Denaro
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007803:Language Arts; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000503:physiopathology*