Cross-cultural Adaption and Validity of the “Patient Specific Functional Scale” / Kulturelle Adaption und Validierung der deutschen Version der “Patient Specific Functional Scale”

• Main Authors: Heldmann Patrick, Schöttker-Königer Thomas, Schäfer Axel
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
• Series: International Journal of Health Professions
• Subjects: patient-specific-functional-scale - cultural validity - construct validity - responsiveness - low back pain; patient-specific-functional-scale - kulturelle adaption - konstruktvalidität - änderungssensitivität - low back pain
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijhp-2015-0002
• ISSN: 2296-990X

Objective: Measurement of activity and participation related outcomes play an important role in rehabilitation of low back pain. Therefore the „Patient Specific Functional Scale»(PSFS) was developed to assess individual, patient related activities. The aim of this study is the cultural adaptation and validation of the PSFS for German speaking countries.