Urdu Version of Foot and Ankle Disability Index: A Reliability and Validity Study

Translation of Foot and Ankle Disability Index Into Local Urdu Language of Pakistan: A Reliability and Validity Study

The purpose of this research is to translate Foot and Ankle Disability Index in Urdu and determine the validity and reliability in patients with plantar fasciitis and correlate IT with Quality of Life Short Form-36 and the Visual Analog Scale.

As per recommendation of the English Version of Foot and Ankle Disability Index will be translated and culturally adapted. Foot and Ankle Disability Index along with its correlation scales will be distributed in the seventy plantar fasciitis population that will be selected according to inclusion exclusion criteria and through convenience sampling technique. To check the inter and intra observer reliability of Foot and Ankle Disability Index, Short Form-36 to measure the quality of life and Visual Analog Scale to measure pain will be filled by participants.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inability to achieve 20 degrees of active dorsiflexion
• Heel pain
• Mid foot pain
• Heal swelling
• Mid foot swelling
• Achilles' tendon tightness diagnosed on the base of Windlass test

Exclusion Criteria:

• Recent foot injury
• Fracture
• Infections
• Surgical procedures
• Tendon injury
• Hypermobility
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Impaired sensation
• Open sores
• Skin disease
• Active deep vein thrombosis or thrombophlebitis
• Bruises
• Varicose veins
• Burn Scars