Translation, Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Sports Activities Scale

INTRODUCTION Sports practice, which was limited to a small portion of the population in the past, is now encouraged and has become a real habit and need to large groups of people in today’s world. The continuous exposure to new trauma and efforts can result in aggressions to the body, increasing the incidence of diseases(1). A study conducted by the International Olympic Committee showed that the most frequent injuries are those occurring on the knee, followed by ankle, foot and spine(2). The various criteria for assessing this joint function and the clinical picture of injuries, render measuring and quantifying employed treatments and their corresponding evolution difficult. O’Donoghue(3) was the first author to develop a questionnaire to assess the outcomes of knee ligament reconstructions. Lysholm and Gillquist(4), developed a scale for assessing knee symptoms, addressing symptoms such as limping, support, restraining, instability, pain, swelling, the act of climbing stairs and squatting. Irrgang developed the questionnaire Knee Outcome Survey (KOS) to assess the functional level associated to knee pathologies. This questionnaire consists of two separate scales, the Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADLS) which is designed to assess symptoms and functional restraints during daily life activities, and the Sports Activities Scale (SAS) which is designed to assess symptoms and functional restraints during sports activities. It is important to correlate the diseases that limit sports activities to data from generic instruments of quality of live in TRANSLATION, VALIDATION AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE “SPORTS ACTIVITIES SCALE”