השוואת שיטות

	מדד ברטל: הערכת תפקוד לאחר שבץ איסכמי	MSFC: מדד תפקודי משולב לטרשת נפוצה
תחום	נוירולוגיה	נוירולוגיה
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1965	1999
הוגה השיטה	Florence I. Mahoney and Dorothea Barthel	Gary Cutter, Richard Rudick, and NMSS Consortium
סוג	Clinician or caregiver report	Clinician-administered performance test
מקור מכונן	Barthel, D. W., Gottwald, B. (1965). Functional Evaluation: The Barthel Index. Maryland State Medical Journal, 14(5), 61-65.	Cutter, G. R., Baier, M. L., Rudick, R. A., et al. (1999). Development of a multiple sclerosis functional composite as a clinical trial outcome measure. Multiple Sclerosis, 5(4), 244-250.
כינויים	Barthel Index, Modified Barthel Index	MS Functional Composite
קשורות	4	4
תקציר	The Barthel Index (BI) is the most widely used functional assessment tool for measuring disability and dependency in activities of daily living, particularly in stroke and neurological rehabilitation. Developed by Florence Mahoney and Dorothea Barthel in 1965, the 10-item index quantifies independence in basic self-care and mobility tasks. The Barthel Index is the standard functional outcome measure in stroke trials, rehabilitation settings, and long-term follow-up cohorts, predicting discharge disposition and functional prognosis.	The Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) is an objective, performance-based assessment of MS-related disability capturing three key functional domains: lower extremity mobility, upper extremity coordination, and cognitive/processing speed. Developed in 1999 by the National MS Society and adopted widely in clinical trials, the MSFC provides quantifiable endpoints complementing the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). The three-component design addresses EDSS limitations by including cognition and standardizing measurement via timed tasks.