השוואת שיטות

	EDSS: סולם קורצקי המורחב למצב נכות	NIHSS: מדד שבץ מוחי של המכונים הלאומיים לבריאות
תחום	נוירולוגיה	נוירולוגיה
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1983	1989
הוגה השיטה	John F. Kurtzke	Thomas Brott and NIH Stroke Study Group
סוג	Clinician-rated	Clinician-rated
מקור מכונן	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.
כינויים	Expanded Disability Status Scale	NIH Stroke Scale
קשורות	4	5
תקציר	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.