Open AccessTranslation and Validation of the German New Knee Society Scoring System
Author(s) -
Mahmut Enes Kayaalp,
Thomas Keller,
Wolfgang Fitz,
Giles R. Scuderi,
Roland Becker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000555
Subject(s) - medicine , german , scoring system , translation (biology) , sports medicine , physical therapy , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , messenger rna , gene
In 2011 the Knee Society Score (KSS) was revised to include patient expectations, satisfaction, and physical activities as patient-reported outcomes. Since the new KSS has become a widely used method to evaluate patient status after TKA, we sought to translate and validate it for German-speaking populations.