POLISH CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF ELBOW ASSESSMENT SCORES: OXFORD ELBOW SCORE, AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS-ELBOW, MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE SCORE AND SUMMARY OUTCOME DETERMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE

Elbow pain and related problems are commonly seen in doctors’ or physiotherapists’ general practice. Patient-rated questionnaires are a helpful tool in quantifying functional abilities and subjective feelings of patients who struggle with elbow problem. To the authors knowledge up to date there are no Polish versions of questionnaires related to elbow problems. Aim The purpose of this study is to translate and adapt four elbow questionnaires to suit Polish patients: Oxford Elbow Score (OES), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons-Elbow (ASES-E) and Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) and Summary Outcome Determination (SOD). This is initial phase and in the next, adapted questionnaires will be validated. Materials and methods Cultural adaptation of the selected questionnaires to the Polish culture has been conducted in five stages according to the international guidelines and was supervising by committee. Cultural adaptation process included translating each score from English into Polish, reversetranslation and testing of created version on a group of 30 people. Results There have been no major difficulties during cultural adaptation process. The only problem was certain words which had no equivalents in Polish. Testing of the prefinal versions did not bring any objections. Conclusions In conclusion, new Polish versions of OES, ASES-E, MEPS and SOD score will be very useful in elbow assessment, in daily practice of doctors and physiotherapists. They will help to unify evaluation of the patients and give a possibility of comparing the results of different treatment methods.