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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(10): 727-735
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170139
Clinical Scales, Criteria and Tools

Cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised: WFQ-R-Brazil

Adaptação transcultural para o português brasileiro do Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised: WFQ-R-Brasil
Monike Barros Camargos
1   Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde, Brasília DF, Brasil;
4   Secretaria do Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Governo do Distrito Federal, Brasília DF, Brasil;
,
Andressa da Silva Palmeira
1   Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde, Brasília DF, Brasil;
4   Secretaria do Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Governo do Distrito Federal, Brasília DF, Brasil;
6   Secretaria do Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde, Brasília DF, Brasil.
,
Emerson Fachin-Martins
1   Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde, Brasília DF, Brasil;
2   Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Brasília DF, Brasil;
3   Universidade de Brasília, Centro de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Propriedade Intelectual e Transferência de Tecnologia para a Inovação, Brasília DF, Brasil;
5   Faculdade de Ceilândia, Departamento de Fisioterapia, Brasília DF, Brasil;
› Author Affiliations Support: Scholarship: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Processo: 310029/2014-7. Grant: Programa Pesquisador Visitante Especial (PVE) da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Processo: 88881.068134/2014-01, Proposta: 300665.
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ABSTRACT

Post-stroke hemiparesis causes compensated postures, which can modify the footedness established before the impairment. Recently, a paresis severity-modulated dominance hypothesis stated that measures to detect footedness become crucial to float new ideas for neurorehabilitation strategies. The Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised (WFQ-R) represents the most acceptable measure but it had not yet been cross-culturally adapted for Portuguese spoken in Brazil. Our aim was to cross-culturally adapt the WFQ-R to Brazilian Portuguese, verifying its reliability. We completed the essential steps to cross-culturally adapt one version, tested in 12 patients with post-stroke hemiparesis and 12 able-bodied individuals, sampled by convenience, to verify reliability. Measurements were taken by two independent raters during the test and by one of them at the one-week retest. No great semantic, linguistic or cultural differences were found, and acceptable reliability was recorded. The WFQ-R-Brazil is reliable and ready for use in the Brazilian able-bodied and post-stroke hemiparesis population.

RESUMO

Hemiparesia pós-doença cerebrovascular causa posturas compensadas que podem modificar predominância de uso do pé adotada antes da deficiência. Recentemente, hipótese de predominância modulada pela gravidade da paresia declara que medidas para detectar predominância tornaram-se cruciais para sugerir ideias em busca de estratégias de neurorreabilitação. A Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised (WFQ-R) representa a medida mais aceita e não foi ainda adaptada transculturalmente para o Português brasileiro. Nosso objetivo foi então adaptar o WFQ-R, verificando sua confiabilidade. Nós completamos os passos essenciais para adaptar uma versão testada em 12 pessoas com hemiparesia e 12 fisicamente aptas amostradas por conveniência para procedimentos de verificação da confiabilidade. Medidas foram tomadas por dois examinadores independentes durante o teste e por um deles no reteste após uma semana. Nenhuma diferença semântica, linguística ou cultural foi encontrada, e confiabilidade aceitável foi registrada. WFQ-R-Brasil é confiável e está pronto para uso na população de brasileiros fisicamente aptos e com hemiparesia.

Keywords:

diagnosis - monitoring - hemiplegia

Palavras-chave:

diagnóstico - monitoramento - hemiplegia

Support:

Scholarship: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Processo: 310029/2014-7. Grant: Programa Pesquisador Visitante Especial (PVE) da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Processo: 88881.068134/2014-01, Proposta: 300665.


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Received: 07 June 2017

Accepted: 17 July 2017

Article published online:
04 September 2023

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