The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS-Br) showed acceptable reliability, validity and responsiveness in chronic low back pain.

Mariana Romano de LiraAnamaria Siriani de OliveiraRoberta Aniceto FrançaAna Claudia PereiraEmma L GodfreyThais Cristina Chaves

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2020)

Our results demonstrated acceptable EARS-Br reliability, validity, and responsiveness for patients with CLBP. A final score of 17/24 on EARS after the prescription of home-exercise could be used as a cut-off for an acceptable adherence behavior associated with improvement in patient outcomes.

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