Abstract
The Hip Sports Activity Scale (HSAS) is a reliable and valid tool for determining the levels of sports activities among patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). To translate and cross-culturally adapt the HSAS to the Brazilian Portuguese language. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian version of the HSAS was developed following a process that comprised six steps: translation, synthesis, back-translation, review by committee, pretesting and submission of documentation to the developers. The translation phase involved three independent bilingual translators whose mother language was Brazilian Portuguese. The back-translation phase involved three independent translators whose mother language was English. In order to verify comprehension of the questionnaire, 30 undergraduate students in physical education (65% men), with mean age 23.2 years (standard deviation = 6.8), participated in the pre-testing phase. During the translation step, some terms and expressions were changed to obtain cultural equivalence to the original HSAS. In the pre-testing phase, each item of the scale showed a comprehension level of 100%. The HSAS was translated from English to the Brazilian Portuguese language and adapted to Brazilian culture. The HSAS validation is ongoing.
Highlights
There is growing evidence that femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) plays an important role in the mechanical etiology of the development of hip arthrosis
The results showed that there were no questions with an incomprehension rate of more than 15%, and the students did not consider any of the questions to be not applicable
The Hip Sports Activity Scale (HSAS) was translated into the Brazilian Portuguese language and was cross-culturally adapted into Brazilian culture, confirming our hypothesis that adaptation of this scale for use in Brazil was feasible and acceptable
Summary
There is growing evidence that femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) plays an important role in the mechanical etiology of the development of hip arthrosis. This abnormal contact between the acetabulum and the femoral neck during hip mobilization, especially during flexion and internal rotation, limits the range of motion.[1,4] Impact can occur in patients who subject their hip to extreme ranges of motion, which can cause compression of the non-spherical extension of the supraphysiological head.[5]. OBJECTIVE: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the HSAS to the Brazilian Portuguese language. The translation phase involved three independent bilingual translators whose mother language was Brazilian Portuguese.
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