The Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis. The scale has been developed by John F...
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John F. Kurtzke (category CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown)
Georgetown University who is best known for his creation of the Expanded Disability Status Scale and for his research on multiple sclerosis (MS). After graduating...
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Multiple sclerosis (section Measures of disability)
or sixth nerve palsy. The main measure of disability and severity is the expanded disability status scale (EDSS), with other measures such as the multiple...
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significant disability in multiple neurologic systems or death in a relatively short time after disease onset. Reaching Expanded Disability Status Scale of 6...
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children with learning disabilities. Psychology in the Schools, 34(4), 309–319 Wechsler, D. (1939). Wechsler-Bellevue intelligence scale. New York: The Psychological...
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Ontario, Canada and the surrounding area Expanded Disability Status Scale, a medical scale to monitor the disability changes in multiple sclerosis This disambiguation...
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clinical measure in progression of the disability and severity of the symptoms is the Expanded Disability Status Scale or EDSS. The initial attacks are often...
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Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given...
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Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a classification of the health components of functioning and disability. The ICF received approval...
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"Systematic literature review and validity evaluation of the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC)...
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work or school. The basic scale has five broad categories: death, vegetative state, severe disability, moderate disability, or good recovery; an extended...
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Ozanimod (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
patients, ages 18–55 with relapsing multiple sclerosis (mean Expanded Disability Status Scale of 2.9) were assigned either placebo, 0.5 mg or 1 mg of oral...
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Dirucotide (category Drugs with no legal status)
reduce progression on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) scale. Phase III trials are now...
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Activities of daily living (redirect from Lawton and Brody Scale)
independent living. These are often utilized in caring for individuals with disabilities, injuries, and the elderly. Younger children often require help from...
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The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) is an intelligence test designed for children ages 2 years 6 months to 7 years 7 months...
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The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. For...
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The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status is a neuropsychological assessment initially introduced in 1998. It consists of...
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the social causation model where disability or mental illness, may be the precursor leading to a person's social status including freedoms and liberties...
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Medicaid (redirect from Expand Medicaid coverage)
children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. The ACA expanded Medicaid eligibility to adults with incomes at or below 133%...
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Edition, Wechsler Scales, and McCarthy Scales Kaufman 2009, p. 122 American Psychiatric Association 2013, pp. 33–37 Intellectual Disability (Intellectual...
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sick and returning home. The experience led him to register the first disability organisation by a black person in Zimbabwe. The organisation was registered...
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Functional Independence Measure (category Disability stubs)
functional status of patients from the onset of rehab care through discharge and follow-up. The FIM's assessment of degree of disability depends on the...
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Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is an American non-profit organization focusing on intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities. AAIDD has...
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clinical test used to test cognition; for example, to help assess mental status after possible head injury, in suspected cases of dementia or to show sleep...
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KABC-II: The age range has been widened, additional scales developed and the theoretical foundation expanded. Eight of the original 16 subtests can be found...
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– facing the challenges of retirement and ageing. people living with disability Within this broad framework, the Brotherhood pays particular attention...
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and scale new technologies and business models. Innovation Hubs are also able to work with each other. In October 2020, Enel North America expanded its...
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Neuropsychological test (category Articles to be expanded from June 2023)
The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) Clinical Dementia Rating Dementia Rating Scale There are some test batteries which...
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Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities. Historically, the process...
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measures to detect mobility disability are Stroke Impact scale, Rosow-Breslau scale, Barthel index, and Tinetti Falls Efficacy Scale. Based on reliability and...
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