Transculturalization and validation of a Spanish translation of the specific lower limb osteoarthritis and quality of life questionnaire AMICAL: Arthrose des Membres Inférieurs et Qualité de vie AMIQUAL.

Introduction: Several generic questionnaires have been used to measure quality of life in patients with Osteoarthritis (OA) since few instruments have been developed specifically for OA and none was developed for Spanish speaking patients. The purpose of the study was to validate and adapt to Spanish the French questionnaire AMICAL to measure quality of life in patients with hip and knee OA.

Methods: Transversal, analytical study.