1 Before you use it
What it is
The VISA family applied to the gluteal tendons. Eight items covering pain with specific positions and activities — lying on the side, sitting, standing on one leg, climbing stairs, walking — plus current activity level.
Side-lying and single-leg stance are the two items that define this condition, and they're both in here.
When to reach for it
Gluteal tendinopathy / GTPS, at baseline and through a loading programme, at the 6- and 12-week decision points.
Patterns it serves · 1
2 Giving it
Scoring
Eight items to 0–100. Higher is better, as with every VISA questionnaire.
What it doesn’t measure
Hip abductor strength, which is the objective side of this condition. Measure it, both sides.
And it doesn't distinguish gluteal tendinopathy from a deep gluteal or lumbar referred source — that's the examination's job.
Repeat it
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
Interpret against baseline.
Watch the sleep and side-lying items specifically. They are usually the last to improve and they are what the patient came in about.
Is the change real?
On placement
Gluteal tendinopathy, 8 weeks of education and loading. VISA-G 42 at intake, 56 today.
Read it as 14 points up, under the 18.4-point MDC (measured in greater trochanteric pain syndrome) — inside measurement error. The library carries no MCID.
Do ask about the sleep and side-lying items directly. They are the last to improve and what the patient came in about — if they've moved, that is the sentence to write.
Student trap. Reading it in the same direction as SPADI. Every VISA questionnaire goes up as the patient improves.
Official source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. We don't host the form.
This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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