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	EDSS: Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale	NIHSS: Κλίμακα Εγκεφαλικού Επεισοδίου των Εθνικών Ινστιτούτων Υγείας
Πεδίο	Νευρολογία	Νευρολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1983	1989
Δημιουργός	John F. Kurtzke	Thomas Brott and NIH Stroke Study Group
Τύπος	Clinician-rated	Clinician-rated
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Kurtzke, J. F. (1983). Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology, 33(11), 1444-1452.	Brott, T., Adams, H. P., Olinger, C. P., et al. (1989). Measurements of acute cerebral infarction: A clinical examination scale. Stroke, 20(7), 864-870.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Expanded Disability Status Scale	NIH Stroke Scale
Συναφείς	4	5
Σύνοψη	The EDSS is the most widely used clinical disability rating scale in multiple sclerosis research and practice. Developed by John Kurtzke in 1983, it provides a 0-10 ordinal scale capturing disease severity across eight neurological functional systems and functional status. The EDSS remains the primary endpoint in MS clinical trials and longitudinal cohort studies, with decades of prognostic and comparative data worldwide.	The NIHSS is the standard acute stroke severity assessment tool used in emergency departments, stroke centers, and clinical trials worldwide. Developed by the NIH Stroke Study Group in 1989, the 15-item scale provides rapid, reproducible quantification of acute neurological deficit from ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. NIHSS scores inform thrombolytic and thrombectomy eligibility, predict outcomes, and serve as primary endpoint in stroke intervention trials.