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

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-cult...

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Main Authors: Raphael R. Pratali, Justin S. Smith, Rodrigo L.N. Motta, Samuel M. Martins, Marcel M. Motta, Ricardo D. Rocha, Carlos Fernando P.S. Herrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322017000200103&lng=en&tlng=en