Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) Calculator

Symptoms

Answer these questions thinking of your foot/ankle symptoms during the last week

1. Do you have swelling in your foot/ankle?

2. Do you feel grinding, hear clicking, or any other type of noise when your foot/ankle moves?

3. Does your foot/ankle catch or hang up when moving?

4. Can you straighten your foot/ankle fully?

5. Can you bend your foot/ankle fully?

Stiffness - The following questions concerns the amount of joint stiffness you have experience during the last week in your foot/ankle. Stiffness is a sensation of restriction or slowness in the ease with which you move your foot/ankle joint.

6. How severe is your foot/ankle stiffness after first wakening in the morning?

7. How severe is your foot/ankle stiffness after sitting, lying, or resting later in the day?

Pain

8. How often do you experience foot/ankle pain?

What amount of foot/ankle pain have you experienced the last week during the following activities?

9. Twisting/pivoting on your foot/ankle

10. Straightening foot/ankle fully

11. Bending foot/ankle fully

12. Walking on a flat surface

13. Going up or down stairs

14. At night while in bed

15. Sitting or lying

16. Standing upright

Function - Daily Living

This section describes your ability to move around and to look after yourself. For each of the following activities, please indicate the degree of difficulty you have experienced in the last week due to your foot/ankle

17. Descending stairs

18. Ascending stairs

19. Rising from sitting

20. Standing

21. Bending to the floor/pick up an object

22. Walking on a flat surface

23. Getting in/out of a car

24. Going shopping

25. Putting on socks/stockings

26. Rising from bed

27. Taking off socks/stockings

28. Lying in bed (turning over, maintaining foot/ankle position)

29. Getting in/out of bath

30. Sitting

31. Getting on/off toilet

32. Heavy domestic duties (moving heavy boxes, scrubbing floors, etc)

33. Light domestic duties (cooking, dusting, etc)

Function - Sports and Recreational Activities

This section describes your ability to be active on a higher level. For each of the following activities, please indicate the degree of the difficulty you have experienced in the last week due to your foot/ankle

34. Squatting

35. Running

36. Jumping

37. Twisting/pivoting on your injured foot/ankle

38. Kneeling

Quality of Life

39. How often are you aware of your foot/ankle problem?

40. Have you modified your life style to avoid activities potentially damaging to your foot/ankle?

41. How much are you troubled with lack of confidence in your foot/ankle?

42. In general, how much difficulty do you have with your foot/ankle?