title: Translation and cultural adaptation of the Hip Outcome Score to the Portuguese language.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to translate the Hip Outcome Score clinical evaluation questionnaire into Portuguese and culturally adapt it for Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  the Hip Outcome Score questionnaire was translated into Portuguese following the methodology consisting of the steps of translation, back-translation, pretesting and final translation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the pretesting was applied to 30 patients with hip pain without arthrosis. In the domain relating to activities of daily living, there were no difficulties in comprehending the translated questionnaire. In presenting the final translation of the questionnaire, all the questions were understood by more than 85% of the individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the Hip Outcome Score questionnaire was translated and adapted to the Portuguese language and can be used in clinical evaluation on the hip. Additional studies are underway with the objective of evaluating the reproducibility and validity of the Brazilian translation.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liszt Palmeira
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Themis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moura Cardinot
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nunes Carreras Del Castillo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavalheiro Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavalli Polesello
keywords: Evaluation of results; Hip; Questionnaires; Translation