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Appendix: Assessment Scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2010

Jürg Kesselring
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Center Valens, Switzerland
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NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT KURTZKE FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS (FS)

1. Pyramidal functions

  1. 0 Normal

  2. 1 Abnormal signs without disability

  3. 2 Minimal disability

  4. 3 Mild to moderate paraparesis or hemiparesis (detectable weakness but most function sustained for short periods, fatigue a problem); severe monoparesis (almost no function)

  5. 4 Marked paraparesis or hemiparesis (function is difficult); moderate quadriparesis (function is decreased but can be sustained for short periods); or monoplegia

  6. 5 Paraplegia, hemiplegia, or marked quadriparesis

  7. 6 Quadriplegia

  8. 9 Unknown

2. Cerebellar functions

  1. 0 Normal

  2. 1 Abnormal signs without disability

  3. 2 Mild ataxia (tremor or clumsy movements easily seen, minor interference with function)

  4. 3 Moderate truncal or limb ataxia (tremor or clumsy movements interfere with function in all spheres)

  5. 4 Severe ataxia in all limbs (most function is very difficult)

  6. 5 Unable to perform coordinated movements due to ataxia

  7. 9 Unknown

3. Brainstem functions

  1. 0 Normal

  2. 1 Signs only

  3. 2 Moderate nystagmus or other mild disability

  4. 3 Severe nystagmus, marked extraocular weakness, or moderate disability of other cranial nerves

  5. 4 Marked dysarthria or other marked disability

  6. 5 Inability to swallow or speak

  7. 9 Unknown

4. Sensory functions

  1. 0 Normal

  2. 1 Vibration or figure-writing decrease only in one or two limbs

  3. 2 Mild decrease in touch, or pain, or position sense, and/or moderate decrease in vibration in one or two limbs; or vibratory (c/s figure writing) decrease alone in three or four limbs

  4. […]

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Multiple Sclerosis , pp. 169 - 178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1996

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