A Brazilian Portuguese cross-cultural adaptation of the modified JOA scale for myelopathy
Pratali, Raphael R; Smith, Justin S; Motta, Rodrigo LN; Martins, Samuel M; Motta, Marcel M; Rocha, Ricardo D; Herrero, Carlos Fernando PS.
Clinics
; 72(2): 103-105, Feb. 2017. tab
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| LILACS | ID: biblio-840042
OBJECTIVES:
To develop a version of the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) scale that had been translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted for the Brazilian population.METHODS:
The well-established process of forward-backward translation was employed along with cross-cultural adaptation.RESULTS:
Three bilingual translators (English and native Portuguese) performed the forward translation of the mJOA scale from English to Portuguese based on iterative discussions used to reach a consensus translation. The translated version of the mJOA scale was then back-translated into English by a native English-speaking translator unaware of the concepts involved with the mJOA scale. The original mJOA scale and the back-translated version were compared by a native North American neurosurgeon, and as they were considered equivalent, the final version of the mJOA scale that had been translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted was defined.CONCLUSION:
To facilitate global and cross-cultural comparisons of the severity of cervical myelopathy, this study presents a version of the mJOA scale that was translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted for the Brazilian population.
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