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Cultural and linguistic adaptation of "Athletic Fear Avoidance Questionnaire" - Portuguese version

dc.contributor.advisorRodrigues, Elisa
dc.contributor.advisorCrasto, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorLeitão, Rita Alexandra Borges Guimarães Meneses
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-03T09:48:20Z
dc.date.available2020-08-03T09:48:20Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractThe athlete's funcional performance after injury is influenced by physical, psychological and social factors. However, the general criteria for return to sport do not include the evaluation of psychological variables, despite the evidence for their use. The Athletic Fear Avoidance Questionnaire was designed to address this shortcoming. To make the cultural and linguistic adaptation of AFAQ for the Portuguese population. AFAQ was submitted to a processo f translation and backtranslation. Pre-final version was pretested in thirty Portuguese athletes with current or past injuries, in focus groups. After final adjustments, test-related was made online thirty new athletes. Data were collected, including age, gender and practice questions. During pilot test, the participants reported difficulty in using “evitamento” and in the title construction. Test-retest evaluations presented na average score of 22,97 (SD=8,82) ando f 23,13 (SD=8,66), respectively, and the ICC of 0,969 revealed na excelente test-retest reliability. The Portuguese version of AFAQ assumed the title “Questionário de evitamento por medo associado ao desporto (AFAQ-Portugal)”. After is validation, it might be used by the Portuguese athletic population and its medical teams in rehabilitation and thus identify psychological readiness to Return To Sport.pt_PT
dc.identifier.tid202446441pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/16146
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.subjectFear Avoidancept_PT
dc.subjectSport lesionpt_PT
dc.subjectReturn to sportspt_PT
dc.titleCultural and linguistic adaptation of "Athletic Fear Avoidance Questionnaire" - Portuguese versionpt_PT
dc.typemaster thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typemasterThesispt_PT
thesis.degree.nameFisioterapiapt_PT

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