The Turkish Version of the Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Score

Completed

• Conditions: Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

• Registration Number: NCT05400668
• Lead Sponsor: Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

The medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) score was originally developed in Dutch to assess severity of disease relative to patient-reported outcome, particularly patients with MTSS. The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the MTSS score into Turkish and investigate its psychometric properties.

Detailed Description

The medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) score was originally developed in Dutch to assess severity of disease relative to patient-reported outcome, particularly people with MTSS. The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the MTSS score into Turkish and investigate its psychometric properties. Fourty-eight individuals with MTSS will include. Within a 7-day period after the first assessment, the participants completed the Turkish version of the MTSS score to evaluate test-retest reliability.

Cronbach's alpha (α) was used to assess internal consistency. Construct validity was examined total score of PCS domain of SF-36-Tr with MTSS-Tr total score in the first visit. Concurrent validity was examined by evaluating the relationship between pain level and Detmer's classification with MTSS score in the first visit. The pain level of the patient assessed with visual analog scale (VAS) score.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-26
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-01
• Study Start: 2022-06-20
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-06
• Study Completion: 2022-10-13
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients diagnosed with MTSS by a sports medicine physician
• Patients aged between 18 and 75 years
• Patients whose native language is Turkish
• Patients who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Having tibia fracture history,
• Patients with suspected stress fracture or chronic compartment syndrome,
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Score	Baseline (First assessment)	The MTSS total score is a reliable and valid tool to assess severity in patient with MTSS. The 14-item MTSS score was designed to assessing limitations in sporting activities, pain while performing sporting activities, pain while performing activities of daily living and pain at rest. Items have four response options with descriptors for each response category. Higher item scores indicate a more severe pain or limitation and hence more severe MTSS symptoms. Participants were asked to fill out the MTSS score with their most painful shin in mind, in case of bilateral symptoms.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scala (VAS)	Baseline (First assessment)	Pain is graded from 0 to 10 by Visual Analog Scala (VAS). 0 indicates the least pain and 10 the most pain. The patient gives a value on this scale for the pain she/he feels.
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Score	Within a 7-day period after the first assessment (Second assessment)	The MTSS total score is a reliable and valid tool to assess severity in patient with MTSS. The 14-item MTSS score was designed to assessing limitations in sporting activities, pain while performing sporting activities, pain while performing activities of daily living and pain at rest. Items have four response options with descriptors for each response category. Higher item scores indicate a more severe pain or limitation and hence more severe MTSS symptoms. Participants were asked to fill out the MTSS score with their most painful shin in mind, in case of bilateral symptoms.
36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36)	Baseline (First assessment)	The SF-36 is widely used to measure a variety of domains, including pain and limitations while performing activities of daily living, and also in musculoskeletal and sports medicine-related research. Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), which includes two main domains, the physical component score (PCS) and the mental component score (MCS), has been widely used worldwide in studies to assess the health status burden of people and consists of 36 questions that are clustered to yield eight health status scales: physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, mental health, reported health transition. The total score of PCS and MCS from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating higher levels of function and/or better health.
MTSS clinical classification (Detmer's classification)	Baseline (First assessment)	Physical examination evaluates the localization of pain at the posteromedial edge of tibia. According to the MTSS classification created by Detmer et al.; it is classified as Type 1 in the presence of tenderness only on the tibia, Type 2 in the posteromedial of the tibia at the junction of the periosteum and fascia, and Type 3 in the presence of tenderness in the deep compartment muscles of the posterior tibia.
Evaluating the applicability of the questions	Within a 7-day period after the first assessment (Second assessment)	Participants evaluate the MTSS questionnaire with additional three Likert-type questions in the first assessment. In the continuation of these questions, there is also a comment section about the simplicity of filling out the survey and the convenience and usefulness of this survey.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tepecik Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey