1. Validity and Reliability of the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure Turkish Version for Athletes.
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Usgu, Serkan, Usgu, Günseli, Uygur, Fatma, and Yakut, Yavuz
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PAIN diagnosis ,ANKLE ,ATHLETES ,STATISTICAL correlation ,EXERCISE tests ,FOOT ,RESEARCH methodology ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH evaluation ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SELF-evaluation ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,DATA analysis ,STATISTICAL reliability ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,FUNCTIONAL assessment ,INTRACLASS correlation ,EVALUATION - Abstract
The clinical assessment of sport-related lower extremity injuries plays important role in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies as well as return to activity. The Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) is a valid and reliable self-reported outcome instrument used to detect foot and ankle disorders. The purpose of this study is to translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the FAAM questionnaire for use in Turkish-speaking athletes who have foot and ankle disorders. Fifty-one basketball, soccer and volleyball athletes volunteered to participate. Test-retest reliability analyses revealed good and excellent reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.83-0.92). Concurrent validity was tested between the FAAM-T subscores and both the visual analog scale for pain/activity limitations and functional performance tests, yielding moderate to high correlations (r =-0.522 to -0.869, p<.05). The results of this study showed that the FAAM-T is a reliable and valid questionnaire for self-reported assessment of pain and disability in athletes suffering from foot and ankle disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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