Modified Rankin Scale (MRS)
CHAPTER 37: MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE (MRS) Description The Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) is a quick screen staging tool considered to be a single-item global outcome scale for use with stroke…
Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale of Parkinson’s Disease (HY Scale)
CHAPTER 36: HOEHN AND YAHR STAGING SCALE OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE (HY SCALE) Description The Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale of Parkinson’s Disease (HY scale) by Hoehn and Yahr (1967), is…
Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile (WNSSP)
CHAPTER 35: WESTERN NEURO SENSORY STIMULATION PROFILE (WNSSP) Description The Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile (WNSSP), by Ansel and Keenan, (1989), was developed to assess cognitive function in severely impaired…
Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM)
CHAPTER 34: WESSEX HEAD INJURY MATRIX (WHIM) Description The Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM), by Shiel et al. (2000) was developed to assess subjects in and emerging from coma as…
JFK Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
CHAPTER 31: JFK COMA RECOVERY SCALE-REVISED (CRS-R) Description The JFK Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) by Giacino et al. (1991) is a standardized instrument designed to measure the neurobehavioral function in…
Neurological Outcome Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury (NOS-TBI)
CHAPTER 32: NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME SCALE FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (NOS-TBI) Description The Neurological Outcome Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury (NOS-TBI) is a standardized assessment tool of neurological function that is…
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
CHAPTER 30: GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS) Description The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), by Teasdale and Jennet (1974), is an interactive observation-based tool designed to describe the level of consciousness in…
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
CHAPTER 28: MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT (MOCA) Description The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), developed by Nasreddine et al., (2005), is an interactive tool developed to detect mild cognitive dysfunction through the…
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
CHAPTER 27: MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE) Description The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) by Folstein, Folstein, and McHugh (1975) is one of the most widely used scales for assessing cognitive ability…
Functional Assessment Staging Scale (FAST)
CHAPTER 25: FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING SCALE (FAST) Description The Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) by Reisberg (1988) is an observational rating tool developed to quantify the clinically identifiable stages of neurocognitive…
