Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Finnish version of Western Ontario shoulder instability index (WOSI)

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 1127
• Main Authors: Elamo, Sami P, Kukkonen, J P, Flinkkilä, T E, Lehtinen, J T, Joukainen, A K, Paloneva, J J, Lehtimäki, K K, Kauko, T T, Äärimaa, V O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.12.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Cross-Cultural Comparison; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Finland; Humans; Instability; Joint Instability - diagnosis; Joint Instability - surgery; Language; Male; Ontario; Patient reported outcome measures; PROM; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Risk factors; Shoulder; Shoulder injuries; Shoulder Joint - surgery; Western Ontario shoulder instability index; WOSI; Ontario; Finland; Patient reported outcome measures; Instability; Western Ontario shoulder instability index; PROM; Shoulder; WOSI

Western Ontario shoulder instability index (WOSI) is a widely used disease-specific self-assessment measurement tool for patients with shoulder instability. The main aim of this study was to translate and cross culturally adapt the WOSI into Finnish language and to test its measurement properties. W...