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Of kurtzkes functional systems and expanded disability status scale for ms patients. Neurologist who studied the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis and developed the expanded disability status scale john f kurtzke s fascination with multiple sclerosis ms started while he was studying medicine at cornell university. Pdf the kurtzke edss rank stability increases 4 years. They most kindly agreed, and anyone can now download a free pdf file of. Guidebook kurtzke expanded disability status scale edss. He wrote his first research paper before he received his medical degree in 1952. Pdf when developing his disability scales for multiple sclerosis, kurtzke demonstrated perception and insight. Kamin, md new jersey medical school edss expanded disability status scale devised by john kurtzke in the 1960s and modified in the 1980s. Kurtzke, md in 1955 i described a new scale for evaluating dis ability in multiple sclerosis,l later known as the disability status scale dss, devised to evaluate isoniazid as a possible treatment. The edss is an ordinal clinical rating scale ranging from 0 to 10 in halfpoint increments that measures the disability status of people with multiple sclerosis. The kurtzke edss rank stability increases 4 years after the onset of multiple sclerosis. Minimal record of disability for multiple sclerosis. The kurtzke expanded disability status scale edss is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis.

The edss quantifies disability in eight functional systems fs and allows neurologists to assign a functional system score fss in each of these. In this more disabled sample of people with multiple sclerosis, the edss is an acceptable. What scales other than the kurtzke expanded disability status scale edss can be used to rate the disability of a patient with multiple sclerosis ms. Kurtzkes expanded disability status scale edss multiple.

I had recently asked the editors of neurology if this edss paper kurtzke, 1983. Letter to the editor volume 4, issue 3, p186, may 01, 2015. The application of psychometric methods to clinical intuition article pdf available in brain 123 pt 55. Bi barthel index, ci confidence interval, dss disability status scale, edss kurtzke expanded disability status scale. What scales other than the kurtzke expanded disability. Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis. The edss was examined for its acceptability score distributions, reliability inter and.