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Dutch version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles questionnaire for Achilles tendinopathy: Reliability, validity and applicability to non-athletes
Inger Sierevelt, Daniel Haverkamp, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam 1066 EC, The Netherlands
Maayke van Sterkenburg, Niek van Dijk, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
Hans Tol, Academic Center for Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
Bella van Dalen, Bergmanclinics te Naarden, Naarden 1411 GE, The Netherlands
Author contributions: All the authors contributed to this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The local accredited ethics committee (Dutch acronym: METC) reviewed this study in an expedited manner and determined, based on the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Dutch acronym: WMO), that the research activities described meet the requirements for exemption from METC review under the WMO.
Informed consent statement: All patients received a patient information brochure.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors do not report a conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: None.
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Correspondence to: Daniel Haverkamp, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Slotervaart Hospital, Louwesweg 6, Amsterdam 1066 EC, The Netherlands. daniel@drhaverkamp.com
Telephone: +31-6-45628276
Received: January 24, 2017
Peer-review started: February 2, 2017
First decision: June 26, 2017
Revised: November 30, 2017
Accepted: December 1, 2017
Article in press: December 1, 2017
Published online: January 18, 2018
Processing time: 356 Days and 21.4 Hours
Peer-review started: February 2, 2017
First decision: June 26, 2017
Revised: November 30, 2017
Accepted: December 1, 2017
Article in press: December 1, 2017
Published online: January 18, 2018
Processing time: 356 Days and 21.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This manuscript shows the validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A) in patients with Achilles tendinopathy. The most important finding is that the athletes and non-athletes cannot be compared. The effect of treatment, when using the VISA-A score to measure outcome, is underestimated in non-athletes. If applied to non-athletes, using a modified score (questions 1-6) should be considered.