In this exclusive with Medical Dialogues, Dr. Nandita Mohan discusses a recent article published in the Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU titled “Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Kannada version of the Motivation in Stroke Patients for Rehabilitation (MORE) scale”. Originally developed in Japanese and translated into English, the scale was linguistically validated through a structured process involving translation, back-translation, and pilot testing, The study demonstrates that the Kannada version shows a strong correlation with the English version, making it a reliable tool for assessing motivation levels among Kannada-speaking stroke patients. This journal is published by Scientific Scholar.