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Observational studyHealth and quality of life outcomes2014

Cross cultural adaptation and validation of a Spanish version of the Lower Limb Functional Index.

Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas, Charles P Gabel, Paul Bennett

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Observational study in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05997797 (Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Reliability of Urdu Version of The Foot and Ankle Ability Measures), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.

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NCT05997797 completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Reliability of Urdu Version of The Foot and Ankle Ability Measures (FAAM-U)

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of LahoreRan2022 to 2022Enrolled175ConditionsFoot Injuries, Ankle InjuriesArmsFAAM
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Implementation of a Standard Care Program of Therapeutic Exercise in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  15. Construct and criterion validity of the Malaysia version of Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS).Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Antonio I Cuesta-VargasDepartamento de Psiquiatría y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Malaga, Andalucia Tech, Instituto de Biomedicina de Malaga (IBIMA), Grupo de Clinimetria (AE-14), Málaga, Spain. acuesta.var@gmail.com.
Charles P Gabel
Paul Bennett

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Lower Limb Functional Index (LLFI) is a relatively recently published regional outcome measure. The development article showed the LLFI had robust and valid clinimetric properties with sound psychometric and practical characteristics when compared to the Lower Limb Extremity Scale (LEFS) criterion standard.

objectiveThe purpose of this study was cross cultural adaptation and validation of the LLFI Spanish-version (LLFI-Sp) in a Spanish population.

methodsA two stage observational study was conducted. The LLFI was initially cross-culturally adapted to Spanish through double forward and single backward translation; then subsequently validated for the psychometric characteristics of validity, internal consistency, reliability, error score and factor structure. Participants (n = 136) with various lower limb conditions of >12 weeks duration completed the LLFI-Sp, Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Euroqol Health Questionnaire 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D-3 L). The full sample was employed to determine internal consistency, concurrent criterion validity, construct validity and factor structure; a subgroup (n = 45) determined reliability at seven days concurrently completing a global rating of change scale.

resultsThe LLFI-Sp demonstrated high but not excessive internal consistency (α = 0.91) and high reliability (ICC = 0.96). The factor structure was one-dimensional which supported the construct validity. Criterion validity with the WOMAC was strong (r = 0.77) and with the EQ-5D-3 L fair and inversely correlated (r = -0.62). The study limitations included the lack of longitudinal data and the determination of responsiveness.

conclusionsThe LLFI-Sp supports the findings of the original English version as being a valid lower limb regional outcome measure. It demonstrated similar psychometric properties for internal consistency, validity, reliability, error score and factor structure.

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Activities of Daily LivingCross-Cultural ComparisonFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHealth StatusHumansLegMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSpainSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMCPMC4038853

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