Cross-cultural adaptation and validation in French of the cold intolerance symptom severity (CISS) questionnaire and potential work exposure scale (PWES) in patients with hand pathologies.

Researchers developed and validated French-language versions of the Cold Intolerance Symptom Severity (CISS) questionnaire and the Potential Work Exposure Scale (PWES) for use with patients experiencing hand pathologies. Both instruments underwent cross-cultural adaptation to ensure linguistic and conceptual equivalence with the original tools. Validated outcome measures in multiple languages expand the ability of clinicians and researchers to assess cold intolerance and occupational cold exposure in diverse patient populations undergoing hand rehabilitation.

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