The Italian cross-cultural adaptations of the paediatric International Knee Documentation Committee Score and the Hospital for Special Surgery Paediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale are reliable instruments in paediatric population

ConclusionsThe Italian version of Pedi-IKDC and Pedi-FABS is valuable tools for patient assessment, by demonstrating good psychometric properties. In clinical setting, these questionnaires can be used to properly evaluate outcomes in Italian pediatric patients with knee pathologies.Level of evidenceII.

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Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - February 16, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research