Translation and measurement properties of the Swedish version of ACL‐Return to Sports after Injury questionnaire. Issue 5 (18th January 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kvist, J.; Österberg, A.; Gauffin, H.; Tagesson, S.; Webster, K.; Ardern, C.
• Is Part Of: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Volume 23:Issue 5(2013)
• Page Start: 568
• Page End: 575
• Publication Date: 2012-01-18
• Subjects: Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Sports -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals; Sports -- Periodicals; 617.1027
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01438.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0905-7188

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Psychological factors may be a hindrance for returning to sport after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The ACL‐Return to Sport after Injury scale (ACL‐RSI) measures athletes' emotions, confidence in performance, and risk appraisal in relation to return to sport. The aim of this study was to translate the ACL‐RSI scale from English to Swedish and to examine some of the measurement properties of the Swedish version. The ACL‐RSI was translated and culturally adapted. A professional expert group and five patients evaluated face validity. One hundred and eighty‐two patients completed the translated ACL‐RSI, a project‐specific questionnaire, the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK), the Knee‐Self‐Efficacy Scale (K‐SES), the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC‐C), the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament‐Quality of Life (ACL‐QoL) questionnaires. Fifty‐three patients answered the ACL‐RSI twice to examine reproducibility. The ACL‐RSI showed good face validity, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.948), low floor and ceiling effects and high construct validity when evaluated against the TSK, K‐SES, MHLC‐C, KOOS, and ACL‐QoL scales. The reproducibility was also high (intra‐class correlation = 0.893). Therefore, the ACL‐RSI can be used to evaluate psychological factors relevant to returning to sport after ACL reconstruction surgery.</p> </abstract>