Definition of the MCID will enhance the interpretability of changes in the VISA-P score in the athletes with PT, but caution is required when these values are used.

P atellar tendinopathy is a common overuse injury in sports, particularly in athletes who participate in sports such as basketball, athletics, and volleyball, with a prevalence in male indoor volleyball players of approximately 50%. 26 In severe cases it may limit or even prevent participation in sports.22 Patellar tendinopathy is a noninflammatory condition. Histologically, patellar tendon biopsies from affected tissue reveal collagen degeneration and fibrotic scarring of the tendon. 19 These tendon T T STUDY DESIGN: Clinical measurement. T T OBJECTIVES:To adapt the VISA-P questionnaire into Spanish and to assess its psychometric properties. T T BACKGROUND:Health status questionnaires and scales to report outcomes are increasingly used in medical research and clinical practice. Validated versions of these tools are necessary to avoid bias during use in different languages and cultures. T T METHODS:We followed international recommendations to perform cross-cultural adaptation. The Spanish VISA-P (VISA-P-Sp) questionnaire and the Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36) were administered to 150 individuals: 40 healthy students, 40 professional players in sports requiring jumping, 40 athletes with patellar tendinopathy, and 30 athletes with knee injuries other than patellar tendinopathy. Participants were assessed at baseline and after 1 week. Athletes with tendinopathy also completed questionnaires and other knee measures (the Kujala Scoring Questionnaire and the Cincinnati Knee Rating Scale) after physiotherapy treatment, which consisted of rest, ice, eccentric exercise, electrotherapy, and manual therapy. T T RESULTS:The VISA-P-Sp showed high reliability for both temporal stability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.994; 95% CI: 0.992, 0.996) and internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.885).Based on a factor analysis, a 2-factor solution explained 76.1% of the variance. The VISA-P-Sp score in the tendinopathy group was significantly correlated with scores on other knee scales (Kujala score [Spearman rho = 0.897; P<.001] and Cincinnati scale [Spearman rho = 0.782, P<.001]) and with SF-36 physical components score (Spearman rho>0.6, P<.001). The standardized size effect was 1.14, and the standardized response mean was 1.17. T T CONCLUSION:The VISA-P-Sp questionnaire proved to be a valid and reliable instrument, sensitive to clinical changes and comparable to the original English-language version. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2011;41(8):581-591, Epub 12 July 2011. doi:10.2519/jospt.2011 Since its publication in 1998, the instrument has been increasingly used to assess changes in the severity of symptoms in athletes with patellar tendinopathy after therapeutic intervention. 7,9,15,18,21,38,40 Important advances in the understanding of tendon pathology and clinical trials conducted by several research groups have made the VISA-P a widely accepted and valuable tool of reference for the assessment of patellar tendinopathy. 22Data obtained with appropriate outcome measures allow an assessment of the clinical evolut...

Background: Previous studies of basketball injury have not been able to compare injury incidence and risk with their healthy habits. Purpose: To determine rates and risks of injury in Spanish boys and girls basketball players. Study Type: Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods: A survey was carried out on injuries produced in basketball players during the seasons 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09, which included their type, incidence and treatment. There took part 217 players -12 to years old -. They were given a questionnaire related to habits and sports injuries and the SF-36 v2 Health Questionnaire. Results: The injuries took place both while competition and training, being ankle sprain the most frequent injury in both cases. After ankle sprain; the prevailing injuries were sprain -luxation of the fingers and knee sprain. Most of the players who got injured were the base, the forward, and the guard. A 53 % had suffered some injury in the last three seasons, being falling off the most frequent cause. The incidence of injuries out of every 1000 hours of exhibition found in the study is 1.39. There have been found significant differences in the exposure to injuries at the outcome of skill circuits at Interval Training work during training hours. The mental component is an important factor to be considered in all caused injuries.

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