The purpose of the present study was to translate the Roland-Morris (RM) questionnaire into Brazilian-Portuguese and adapt and validate it. First 3 English teachers independently translated the original questionnaire into ...

Background & Study Aim: Between 60% and 80% of the population suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. This disease is commonly observed in judo, with a prevalence of around 35%. Therefore, any instrument, ...

Population aging is a global phenomenon and specifically in Brazil, it occurs in an accelerated manner. In addition to this demographic transition, there is an epidemiological transition in which infectious diseases are ...

BACKGROUND: Low back pain is considered a health problem present in both industrialized and developing countries, thus becoming the cause of physical disability, whether temporary or permanent (1). In Ecuador, the main ...

Objectives: To compare the responsiveness of disability measures with physical activity measures in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) undergoing a course of physical therapy treatment. Design: This is a prospective ...

Study Design. Cross-cultural adaptation and analysis of measurement properties. Objective. To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire (LSIQ) into Brazilian-Portuguese and to test its ...

Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Objective. To investigate the equivalence of electronic and paper version of self-report questionnaires for the assessment of disability, pain, fear of movement, depression, and physical ...