A Brazilian Portuguese cross-cultural adaptation of the modified JOA scale for myelopathy

作者：Pratali Raphael R^*; Smith Justin S; Motta Rodrigo L N; Martins Samuel M; Motta Marcel M; Rocha Ricardo D; Herrero Carlos Fernando P S

来源：Clinics, 2017, 72(2): 103-105.

DOI：10.6061/clinics/2017(02)06

• Cervical Myelopathy
• Outcome Assessment
• Scales
• Translating

OBJECTIVES: To develop a version of the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) scale that had been translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted for the Brazilian population.
METHODS: The well-established process of forward-backward translation was employed along with cross-cultural adaptation.
RESULTS: Three bilingual translators (English and native Portuguese) performed the forward translation of the mJOA scale from English to Portuguese based on iterative discussions used to reach a consensus translation. The translated version of the mJOA scale was then back-translated into English by a native English-speaking translator unaware of the concepts involved with the mJOA scale. The original mJOA scale and the back-translated version were compared by a native North American neurosurgeon, and as they were considered equivalent, the final version of the mJOA scale that had been translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted was defined.
CONCLUSION: To facilitate global and cross-cultural comparisons of the severity of cervical myelopathy, this study presents a version of the mJOA scale that was translated into Portuguese and cross-culturally adapted for the Brazilian population.

• 出版日期2017-2