| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) |
| First Description |
Martin RL. PhD thesis. University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research, Health Sciences; 2003. The Development of the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure. |
| Year | 2003 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Foot health, Functional status |
| Population/Disease | Generic |
| Originally developed for | --- |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
Osteoarthritis (OA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | English, French, German, Turkish, Persian |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Martin RL, Irrgang JJ, Burdett RG, Conti SF, Van Swearingen JM. |
| Title | Evidence of validity for the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM). |
| Journal | Foot Ankle Int. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Vol | 26 |
| Num | 11 |
| Pages | 968-83 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/107110070502601 … |
| Brief Description |
Evidence of validity for the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) |
| Link | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914720/ |
| Brief Description |
The rheumatoid foot: a systematic literature review of patient-reported outcome measures. |
| Link | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797175/ |
| Brief Description |
The clinimetric qualities of patient-assessed instruments for measuring chronic ankle instability: A systematic review. |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10 … |
| Brief Description |
This study plans to translate the FAAM from English to French (FAAM-F) and assess the validity and reliability of this new version. |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301794878_Evidence_ … |
| Brief Description |
This study provides evidence that the FAAM-Turkish is reliable, valid and responsive outcome measurement of patients with foot and ankle pathologies. |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | RL Martin |
| martinr280@duq.edu | |
| Address | Duquesne University, Physical Therapy, 600 Forbes Avenue, 111A RSHS, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
The Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) is an evaluative and discriminative PROM developed to permit the assessment of individuals with a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions affecting their foot, ankle and lower limb in terms of physical performance. It is a 29-item questionnaire divided into two subscales: the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure, 21-item Activities of Daily Living Subscale and the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure, 8 item sports subscale. |
| Number of Items | 29 |
| Range | 0-100 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes 5-point Likert scale (4 to 0) from ‘no difficulty at all’ to ‘unable to do’ |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Item score totals are transformed from the original score; this ranges from 0 to 84 for the ADL subscale and 0 to 32 for the Sports subscale, and it has to be transformed to percentage scores. The score on each of the items are added together to get the item score total. If the subject answers all 21 items, the highest potential score is 84. The item score total is divided by the highest potential score to get a percentage. |
| Score Interpretation | Higher scores represent higher levels of function for each subscale, with 100% representing no dysfunction. |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | - minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | - minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Easy to use, Useful in clinical practice & research |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |