Disability questionnaires are increasingly used for clinical assessment, outcome measurement of treatment and research methodology of low back pain. Their use in different countries and cultural groups must follow certain guidelines for translation and cross-cultural adaptation. The translation of such an instrument must be tested for its reliability and validity to be applied and to allow comp...

background: dysphagia as a common condition affecting many aspects of the patient’s life. the dysphagia handicap index (dhi) is a reliable self-reported questionnaire developed specifically to measure the impact of dysphagia on the patient’s quality of life. the aim of this study was to translate the questionnaire to persian and to measure its validity and reliability in patients with neurogeni...

background: frozen shoulder has always been considered important because of the impact on the quality‑of‑life and long period of illness. therefore, the use of noninvasive and safe techniques that can speed up the healing process of the disease is important. methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial study on patients suffering from frozen shoulder who were referred to isfahan universi...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a questionnaire to quantify disability associated with shoulder symptoms. METHODS A set of questions relevant to shoulder symptoms from a general disability interview was developed and the questionnaire applied to a cross-sectional population survey and a prospective study of general practice attenders. Subjects included adults who reported current shoulder p...

OBJECTIVE To examine the multivariate association between a model of self-perceived non-motor aspects and disability in cervical dystonia. DESIGN A prospective and correlational design with two points of assessment. SUBJECTS All 273 members with cervical dystonia from the Swedish Dystonia Patient Association were invited to participate. METHODS Data were collected with one self-reported q...

[Purpose] The present study was performed to identify the effect of a home exercise program on the self-reported disability index and gait parameters in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). [Methods] Fifteen patients with LSS were enrolled in this study and were trained in a 4-week home exercise program (40 min/day). All patients were evaluated with three self-reported disability indices...

BACKGROUND The Rapid Assessment of Disability (RAD) questionnaire measures the magnitude and impact of disability and aims to inform the design of disability inclusive development programs. This paper reports the psychometric evaluation of the RAD. METHODS The initial version of the RAD comprised five sections: 1) demographics, 2) functioning, 3) rights awareness, 4) well-being, and 5) access...