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International STarTBack translations
| Researcher | Level of research | Tool links |
|---|---|---|
| Raimundo A, Parraca JA, Batalha N, Tomas-Carus P, Branco JC, Hill J, Gusi N narcis.gusi@gmail.com | Formal translation | Portuguese version |
| Pierre Rocher University of Kawzulu-Natal pierre.roscher@gmail.com | Informal translation | Afrikaans translation |
| Laura Simons, Elizabeth Carpino, Melissa Pielech, Deirdre Logan, Rachael Coakley, Jonathan Hill Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA Laura.Simons@childrens.harvard.edu | Formal translation | Adaptation for children & adolescents PPST-with scoring For children & adolescents to self-administer PPST - to self-administer |
| Lina Elsabbagh lina.elsabbagh@jhah.com | Formal translation and cross-cultural adaptation | Arabic translation Link to article |
| Freddy Beretta Marcondes freddy@iwmello.com.br | Formal translation | Brazilian Portuguese translation |
| Nidia Espinoza Corvalán (Dermofunctional Clinic Tobalaba), Claudia Gonzalez Fuster (Dermatofuncional Beauty Corp Clinic), Catherine Torrealba Cornejo (Emergency Hospital Public Assistance), Carolina Mera Moreira (San Jose De Maipo Hospital Complex) - San Sebastián University Luis Henriquez Fuentes (San Sebastián University) - Universidad de Chile nespinozac@ussmail.cl | Formal translation and cross-cultural adaptation | Chilean Spanish translation |
| Calvin Kwan kmhc313@gmail.com | Informal translation | Chinese translation |
| Simeon Grazio simeon.grazio@zg.t-com.hr | Informal translation | Croatian translation |
| Hanne Albert and Lars Morsoe Lars.Morsoe@slb.regionsyddanmark.dk | Formal translation Patient face validity, Psychometrics | Danish translation Link to article |
| Jasper D Bier-validation lead, j.bier@erasmusmc.nl Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Fysiotherapie Fascinatio, Capelle aan den Ijssel, the Netherlands. Raymond W J G Ostelo, Miranda L van Hooff-original translation lead, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Bart W Koes, Arianne P Verhagen | Formal translation, Patient face validity and reproducibility | Dutch translation Link to article |
| So Teele Kaarma-Tonne Tartu University Hospital teele.kaarma@gmail.com | Formal translation | Estonian translation |
| Jaro Karppinen Jaro Karpinen@ttl.fi | Informal translation | Finnish translation |
| Christophe Demoulin and Olivier Bruyere Christophe.Demoulin@ulg.ac.be | Formal translation, Patient face validity | French translation Link to article |
| Bernhard Aebischer and Sven Karstens Sven Karstens s.karstens@hochschule-trier.de | Informal translation, Patient face validity, Psychometrics | German translation Link to article |
| EvdokiaBillis, Konstantinos Fousekis, Maria Tsekour, Sofia Lampropoulou, Charalampos Matzaroglou- Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, billis@upatras.gr John Gliatis-Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital of Patras, Greece Christos Sinopidis-Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece Jonathan Hill-School of Medicine, Keele University, UK Nikolaos Strimpakos-Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece | Formal translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation | Greek translation Link to article |
| Azimi Parisa parisa.azimi@gmail.com | Patient face validity | Link to article-Persian |
| Department of Physiotheraoy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University Noa Ben-Ami noaba@ariel.ac.il | Formal translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation | Hebrew translation Link to article |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust Dr Deepak Malik deepak.malik@uhb.nhs.uk | Informal translation | Hindi translation |
| Julia Szita,Laszlo Kiss,Adam Biczo,Katalin Feher,Peter P. Varga &Aron Lazary National Center for Spinal Disorders, Buda Health Center, Budapest, Hungary julia.szita@bhc.hu | Formal translation, validation and cross-cultural adaptation | Hungarian translation Link to article-Hungarian |
| Firmansyah Purwanto, Physiotherapist, Klinik Halmahera Medika fisiofirman@gmail.com | Informal translation | Indonesian translation |
| Luca Scascighini luca.scascighini@supsi.ch | Informal translation | Italian translation |
| Peta-Ann Schmidt University of Witwatersrand paschmidt@mweb.co.za | Formal translation | isiZulu translation Link to article |
| Mika Kawaguchi, Ko Matsudaira Department of Medical Research & Management for Musculoskeletal Pain, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center University of Tokyo mika_kawaguchi@jp-css.com | Formal translation, Patient face validity, Psychometrics | Japanese translation Link to article |
| Da-yeon, Kim Korea Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Association | Informal translation | Korean translation |
| Shuo Luan, Chao Ma and Shaoling Wu Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (Primary sponsor), Boji Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Central Hospital of Guangzhou Panyu District, China 15018761213@163.com | Formal translation, Patient face validity | Chinese (traditional) translation Link to article |
| Led by Saurab Sharma and Riju Maharjan. Questionnaire translations were conducted by Anupa Pathak, Tika Regmi, Jeniya Maharjan, Amit Dangol, Riju Maharjan | Formal translation | Nepali translation |
| Ingvild Lie Indergaard Margreth Grotle | Formal translation, Patient face validity | Norwegian translation 6-items Norwegian translation 9-items Norwegian translation 5-items |
| Mohsen Abedi and S.J Mousavi mohsenabedi110@yahoo.com | Formal translation, | Persian translation |
| Adrian Chudyk Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University a.chudyk@keele.ac.uk | Informal translation | Polish translation |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust Dr Deepak Malik deepak.malik@uhb.nhs.uk | Informal translation | Punjabi translation |
| Vasiliy Tkachenko tkachenkovd@yandex.ru | Informal translation | Russian translation |
| Narcis Gusi and Borja del Pozo Cruz borjadelpozo@unex.es | Formal translation, Patient face validity | Spanish translation Link to article |
| Carola Betten cabe0036@student.umu.se | Formal translation, Patient face validity | Swedish translation |
| Raghu Chovvath Sri Ramachandra University,Chennai, India chovvath@gmail.com | Informal translation | Tamil translation |
| Murat Dalkilinc Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey ptmurat@hotmail.com | Formal translation, | Turkish translation |
| Usman Arshad Siddiqi Usman.Siddiqi@bolton.nhs.uk | Informal translation, Patient face validity | Urdu translation |
| Rhian Lewis | Informal translation | Welsh translation |
| C.E Mbada Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Dr. Olufemi O. Oyewole, Department of Physiotherapy, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria e-mail: oyewoleye@yahoo.co.uk, oyewoleye@gmail.com | Translation and psychometric evaluation | Yoruba translation Link to article-Yoruba |
| Dorice Adrian Magayane doriceadrian@gmail.com Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences Jomo Kenyatta University University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya | Formal translation | Swahili translation Link to article-Swahili |
| Dr Taweewat Wiangkham Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Unit, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000 THAILAND | Formal translation, psychometric evaluation and cros-cultural adaptation | Thai translation Link to article-Thai Link to article-STarTBack in neck pain-Thai |
| Md. Israt Hasan isratpmr@gmail.com and Syed Mozaffar Ahmed Department of Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Formal translation and cross-cultural adaptation | Bangla translation Link to article-Bangla |
| Hauron Wambua hauronmbithi@yahoo.com student at University of Witswatesrands South Africa | Formal translation and cross-cultural adaptation | SiSwati translation |
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How to translate the Keele STarT Back Tool
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Professor Jonathan Hill
Professor of Physiotherapy
Director for Research for the School of Allied Health Professionals
School of Medicine
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Keele University
Staffordshire
United Kingdom
ST5 5BG
j.hill@keele.ac.uk
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