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	EDSS: Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale	ΔΜΠ: Δείκτης Κινητικότητας Rivermead
Πεδίο	Νευρολογία	Νευρολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1983	1991
Δημιουργός	John F. Kurtzke	Frank Collen, Derick Wade, and Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre
Τύπος	Clinician-rated	Clinician-observed performance test
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Kurtzke, J. F. (1983). Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology, 33(11), 1444-1452.	Collen, F. M., Wade, D. T., Robb, G. F., Bradshaw, C. M. (1991). The Rivermead Mobility Index: A further development of the Rivermead Motor Assessment. International Disability Studies, 13(2), 50-54.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Expanded Disability Status Scale	Rivermead Mobility Index
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 Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) is a brief, clinician-observed performance test of basic mobility abilities developed for assessing stroke and neurological rehabilitation outcomes. Published in 1991 by Frank Collen and colleagues at Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre (Oxford, UK), the 15-item index measures bed mobility, sitting/standing balance, transfers, and ambulation. The RMI is widely used in stroke units and rehabilitation settings to track functional recovery and predict discharge outcomes.