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The Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment -
Achilles tendinopathy
questionnaire (VISA-A) evaluates the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy.
The aim of this study was to translate the VISA-A into French and to study the
reliability and validity of this French version, the VISA-AF. METHOD: The VISA-A
was translated into French to produce the VISA-AF using a validated methodology
in six steps. Thereafter, several psychometric properties of this French version
such as test-retest reliability, internal consistency, construct validity and
floor and ceiling effects were evaluated. Therefore, we recruited 116 subjects,
distributed into 3 groups: pathological patients (n = 31),
at-risk athletes (n =
63) and healthy people (n = 22). RESULTS: The final version of the VISA-AF was
approved by an expert committee. On a scale ranging from 0 to 100, the average
scores of the VISA-AF obtained were 59 (+/- 18) for the pathological group, 99
(+/- 1) for the healthy group and 94 (+/- 7) for the at-risk group. The VISA-AF
shows excellent reliability, low correlations with the discriminant subscales of
the SF-36 and moderate correlations with the convergent subscales of the SF-36.
CONCLUSIONS: The French version of the VISA-A is equivalent to its original
version and is a reliable and valid questionnaire for French-speaking patients
with Achilles tendinopathy. Implication for Rehabilitation The VISA-AF
questionnaire is a reliable translation of the original VISA-A, from English into
French, which is one of the most widespread languages in the world. The VISA-AF
questionnaire is now a valid instrument that can be used by clinicians and
researchers to assess the severity of pain and disability of French-speaking
subjects with Achilles tendinopathy. The VISA-AF is a questionnaire to assess the
severity of Achilles tendinopathy symptoms but is not a diagnostic tool.

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