Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	NIHSS: Κλίμακα Εγκεφαλικού Επεισοδίου των Εθνικών Ινστιτούτων Υγείας	EDSS: Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale
Πεδίο	Νευρολογία	Νευρολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1989	1983
Δημιουργός	Thomas Brott and NIH Stroke Study Group	John F. Kurtzke
Τύπος	Clinician-rated	Clinician-rated
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	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.	Kurtzke, J. F. (1983). Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology, 33(11), 1444-1452.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	NIH Stroke Scale	Expanded Disability Status Scale
Συναφείς	5	4
Σύνοψη	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.	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.