Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Italian version of the Oxford Shoulder Instability Score.

Purpose: The Oxford Shoulder Instability Score (OSIS) is self-reported outcome measurement developed to evaluate shoulder instability taking into account also adaptive strategies. Valid, reliable, reproducible, and user-friendly translations of outcome measure instruments are needed to allow comparisons of international study results.

Methods: The Italian translation and cultural adaptation of the OSIS were completed using a "translation-back translation" method and the final version was administered to a sample of 25 consecutive Italian-speaking patients.

The Italian version of the Functional Behavior Profile: reliability in a population of persons with multiple sclerosis.

The aims of this study were to translate and investigate the interrater, test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the functional behavior profile (FBP) in an Italian population with multiple sclerosis. The Italian version of the FBP (FBP-I) was developed and the reliability of the final questionnaire was measured. A sample of 22 persons with clinically diagnosed multiple sclerosis was independently assessed by two raters.