OBJECTIVE: Translate and culturally adapt to Brazilian-Portuguese the "Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire". METHOD: 1) initial translation; 2) back-translation; 3) pre-test; 4) final test. RESULTS: The Brazilian- Portuguese version was administered to 27 patients with spinal stenosis. Changes were made to terms and expressions that were not understood by patients during the pre-test, and the final version was drawn up in consensus. This final version was applied again, resulting in 100% of patients understanding. CONCLUSION: Therefore, the final version is available from the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire in Brazilian-Portuguese. The validation of this version is already in progress.
Spine; Spinal stenosis; Translation; Questionnaires