Forms, Scales and Scores
| Identification | Description & Utility |
|---|---|
| Ashworth Scale | Measures spasticity. Widely recognized and used especially for myelopathy |
| ASIA | Standard Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury |
| Berg Balance Scale | To assess mobility status for stroke patients. |
| Canadian Neurological Scale (CNS) | Designed to assess neurological function in conscious stroke patients |
| Clock-Drawing Test | Can show perceptual and constructional impairments. Several interpretation schemes available. |
| Disability Rating Scale (DRS) | |
| DSM IV diagnostic help | The Psychiatric labeling sine qua non! |
| Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam | Standardized screening test. Widely recognized and used to screen for dementia. Interesting literature about its use! |
| Galveston Orientation & Amnesia Test (Goat) | |
| Glascow Coma Score | The universally applied measure of level of consciousness for traumatic and other brain disorders |
| Hunt and Hess | Very frequently used to classify clinical status after acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| Low back pain scales | |
| Neck Disability Index (NDI) | |
| NIH Stroke Scale | |
| Rancho Los Amigos Scale | Original has 8 levels and Revised Version 10 levels of cognitive status after trauma. |
| World Federation of Neurologic Surgeons Grade for Cerebral aneurysms (WFNS) |
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