Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Urdu Version of VISA-A Questionnaire

Achilles Tendinopathy Clinical Trial

— VISA-A  

Official title:

Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of Urdu Version of Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment - Achilles (VISA-A) Questionnaire for Athletes With Achilles Tendinopathy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05125198
• Other study ID #: ULahore
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 17, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: University of Lahore
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is designed to translate and validate the VISA-A questionnaire to the Urdu language, to interpret its psychometric properties, and to determine the reliability of scores obtained from the population of Pakistan. The translated version of the gold standard tool will be used by the local population as well as Urdu-speaking immigrants across the globe to better understand and report the severity of their symptoms. Hence, to improve quality of life across cultures, there is a need of standard outcome measures in Urdu language.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals aged over 18 years and both genders.

• Athletic population with the diagnosis of unilateral mid-portion or insertional Achilles tendinopathy, paratendinosis, partial tendon rupture with or without retrocalcaneal bursitis.

• With positive Painful arc sign and Royal London Hospital Test.

• Healthy individuals.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Complete rupture of Achilles tendon,

• Pregnant women and those with any history of radicular pain or lower extremity injury

• Previous surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Achilles Tendinopathy
• Tendinopathy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	The University of Lahore	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Lahore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change being assessed in interpretation of Severity of Achilles tendinopathy.among participants using translated version of VISA-A questionnaire.	VISA-A is consisted of eight questions that measured the domains of pain, function in daily living, and sporting activity. Results range from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the perfect score	1 week