The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Ankle-Hindfoot Scale; translation and validation of the Dutch language version for ankle fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Scale is among the most commonly used instruments for measuring outcome of treatment in patients who sustained a complex ankle or hindfoot injury. It consists of a patient-reported and a physician-reported part. A validated, Dutch version of this instrument is currently not available. The aim of this study was to translate the instrument into Dutch and to determine the measurement properties of the AOFAS Ankle-Hindfoot Scale Dutch language version (DLV) in patients with a unilateral ankle fracture.

Setting

Multicentre (two Dutch hospitals), prospective observational study.

Participants

In total, 142 patients with a unilateral ankle fracture were included. Ten patients were lost to follow

SUBMITTER: de Boer AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588950 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature