<qa>  How many patients are recruited from Turku University Hospital and Physiotherapy Consults Helsinki?40 patients who will receive operative treatment at the Turku University Hospital Foot and ankle unit are asked to answer the questions of the Finnish version of the FAAM, the modified AOFAS foot and ankle scale and the 15-D instrument by a paper or by an electrical version. At the outpatient clinics of Turku University Hospital and Physiotherapy Consults Helsinki 40 foot and ankle patients who will get physiotherapy fill in these forms. 20 of these patients are recruited from Turku University Hospital and 20 from Physiotherapy Consults Helsinki. Those patients who will be treated operatively fill in the questionnaires at the preoperative interview and in the morning of the surgery. The diagnoses are written down as well as the procedures of the operated patients. The patients will re-fill the questionnaires again at the post-operative control at 3 months. 